Vekh Lamanë

Vekh Lamanë
File:Vekh Lamanë.jpg
Highest point
Elevation	979 m (3,212 ft)
Prominence	142 m (466 ft)
Geography
Parent range	Akar Tarpeg

Vekh Lamanë is a mountain in the Akar Tarpeg, the Central Range on the island of Cadenza. Its summit reaches an elevation of 979 m (3,212 ft) above mean sea level, making it the second highest peak in Cadenza after Vekh Neramë. Like other peaks in the Akar Tarpeg, it is an extinct volcano, thought to have last erupted approximately 440,000 years ago.

Geography

Vekh Lamanë was formed during the Caddensian volcanic orogeny approximately 5 million years before present, the same mountain-building event which produced the main peaks of the Akar Tarpeg such as Vekh Neramë. These mountains, including Vekh Lamanë, were volcanic in nature, but when compared with other nearby volcanoes Vekh Lamanë was relatively quiet.

Cultural significance

Vekh Lamanë is named for Arnyü, the Ethlorek earth deity, whose name in Cadenza is Lamauha. It was considered sacred to her cult and was climbed ritualistically once a year by her acolytes and pilgrims. The cult was suppressed in the nineteenth century, and the pilgrimage is believed to have died out by the 1940s.