Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa, between the
7th and
10th parallels north of the
equator. Sierra Leone is bordered by
Guinea to the north and northeast,
Liberia to the south and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The country has a total area of , divided into a land area of and water of . Sierra Leone has four distinct geographical regions: coastal
Guinean mangroves, the wooded hill country, an upland
plateau, and the eastern mountains. Eastern Sierra Leone is an interior region of large plateaus interspersed with high mountains, where
Mount Bintumani rises to .
Geology Sierra Leone can be split into three geological areas, in the east is part of the
West African craton, the western area consists of the Rokelides, an
orogenic belt, and a 20- to 30-km coastal strip of
sediments.
Extreme points This is a list of the extreme points of Sierra Leone, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. • Northernmost point – the northern section of the border with Guinea,
Northern Province* • Easternmost point – the
tripoint with Guinea and
Liberia,
Eastern Province • Southernmost point – unnamed
peninsula south of the town of Mano Salija at the mouth of the
Mano River,
Southern Province • Westernmost point – the point at which the border with Guinea enters the Atlantic Ocean,
North West Province • *
Note: Sierra Leone does not have a northernmost point, the border being formed here by 10th parallel north == Climate ==