Mesak Settafet

25°45′N 11°50′E / 25.750°N 11.833°E / 25.750; 11.833

Meerkat carvings in the Wadi Mathendous in the Mesak Settafet region.

Mesak Settafet is a massive sandstone escarpment in southwest Libya.[1] It sits at an elevation of up to 300 metres (980 ft).[2] The outcropping is abundant in prehistoric rock art and stone tools, particularly at the Wadi Mathendous site.

  1. ^ National Geospatial-intelligence Agency. "Mesak Settafet: Libya". Geographical Names. geographic.org. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ Robert A. Foley; Marta Mirazón Lahr (2015). "Lithic Landscapes: Early Human Impact from Stone Tool Production on the Central Saharan Environment". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0116482. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1016482F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116482. PMC 4356577. PMID 25760999.

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