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{{Infobox mountain | {{Infobox mountain | ||
| name = Mafinga Central | | name = Mafinga Central | ||
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| prominence_m = | | prominence_m = | ||
| prominence_ref = | | prominence_ref = | ||
| location = [[Zambia]] | | location = [[Zambia]]–Malawi border | ||
| range = [[Mafinga Hills]] | | range = [[Mafinga Hills]] | ||
| map = Zambia | | map = Zambia | ||
| map_caption = Location in Zambia, on the border with Malawi | | map_caption = Location in Zambia, on the border with Malawi | ||
| map_size = | | map_size = | ||
| listing = | | listing = Country high point | ||
| label_position = left | | label_position = left | ||
| lat_d = 9 | lat_m = 57 | lat_s = 9.7 | lat_NS = S | | lat_d = 9 | lat_m = 57 | lat_s = 9.7 | lat_NS = S | ||
| long_d = 33 | long_m = 21 | long_s = 8.5 | long_EW = E | | long_d = 33 | long_m = 21 | long_s = 8.5 | long_EW = E | ||
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'''Mafinga Central''' is the highest point in the [[Mafinga Hills]] on the border of [[Zambia]] and [[Malawi]]. At {{convert|2339|m|ft|0|adj=on}} it is likely to be the highest mountain in Zambia. It is most easily accessed from the town of Chisenga in Malawi.<ref name="tg4">{{cite web |url= http://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2014/mafinga-south-and-mafinga-central-the-highest-peaks-in-zambia/ |work=Footsteps on the Mountain blog | title= Mafinga South and Mafinga Central: the highest peaks in Zambia| date=16 October 2014}}</ref> | |||
The peak was climbed in 2014 by an international team from the United Kingdom, Malawi and Lithuania, who measured it to be slightly higher than {{convert|2337|m|ft|0|adj=on}} [[Mafinga South]], another peak on the watershed close by. A more accurate survey is needed to establish for certain which of the two peaks is higher.<ref name="tg4"/> Both peaks are found on the Mafinga Ridge, an area composed of quartzites, phyllites, and feldspathic sandstones of sedimentary origin. The [[Luangwa River]], one of Zambia's major river systems, rises in the Mafinga Hills on the western side of the ridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/356370/Mafinga-Hills |title=Mafinga Hills |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |accessdate=16 October 2014 }}</ref> | |||
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