Amba Alagi
| Amba Alaje | |
|---|---|
Amba Alaje, near Atsela. Photograph taken by 10th Company, RE of the British Army in 1868 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,438 m (11,280 ft) |
| Coordinates | 12°59′39″N 39°30′13″E / 12.99417°N 39.50361°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | እምባ ኣላጀ (Tigrinya) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Debubawi (Southern) Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
Imba Alaje is a mountain, or an amba, in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region, Imba Alaje dominates the roadway that runs past it from the city of Mek'ele south to Maychew. Because of its strategic location, Emba Alaje has been the site of several battles. As Anthony Mockler describes it,
- It was [a] real amba, flat-topped, covered with crevices and canyons and caves, impregnable on the north and north-east where the Tug Gabat ran round its flanks through precipitous ravines, falling steeply away in the rear to the spur of Antalo, behind which lay the broad plain of Mahera.
The village of Adi Gura is located on the north side of the mountain at an elevation of 2,700 meter. The larger town of Ambalage is located five kilometer to the south of the mountain.