Talk:Mount Richard-Molard

Country borders
The article is categorized under Guinea–Liberia border, Ivory Coast–Liberia border and Border tripoints. Is this correct? As I understand from OpenStreetMap, the peak would be some 7 km northeast from the tripoint (while the Nimba range certainly extends to Liberia). Also The World Factbook says Liberia's highest point is Mount Wuteve 1,380 m, implying that Liberia does not extend up to Mount Richard-Molard (1752 m). --Jmk (talk) 01:13, 8 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Also Geography and Environment of Northern Nimba County, Liberia by the Western Range DSO Iron Ore Project says (emphasis mine): "The mountains’ highest point is 1752m above sea level, on the Guinean section of the main Nimba ridge, and is known as Mount Richard-Molard; in Liberia, the highest point is 1300m on the same ridge, and referred to in this document as ‘Mount Nimba’."  Thus I will remove the Liberia and tripoint classes from Richard-Molard. --Jmk (talk) 07:55, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Note that there is difference between mountain including its slopes and base and its peak. The peak is certainly only shared by 2 countries, but for the whole mountain it still might be 3 countries. From what I've seen elsewhere Mt. Nimba is actually used as an alternative name for Mt. Richars-Molard (as well?) rather than for a separate mountain on the Liberian side.--Kmhkmh (talk) 13:35, 10 September 2015 (UTC)


 * Certainly a mountain's slopes could extend to a tripoint even if the summit is not there (Mont Dolent being a good example). But I have not seen any source for this being the case with Mount Richard-Molard, and from the maps I've seen, it does not even seem likely. If you have good sources about the extent of what is called "Mount Richard-Molard" (as opposed to the whole Nimba Range), by all means edit the article based on those sources. --Jmk (talk) 20:11, 10 September 2015 (UTC)