Mount Apo caliber'. The cover of the book also featured Mount Apo's iconic Philippine eagle, along with three other heritage sites which have already been designated as "UNESCO World Heritage Sites". The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) submitted Mount Apo on December 12, 2009 for inclusion in the UNESCO world heritage list. The mountain is considered by DENR as the center of endemism in Mindanao. It has one of the highest land-based biological diversity in terms of flora and fauna per unit area. It has three distinct forest formations, from lowland tropical rainforest, to mid-mountain forests, and finally to high
Mount Baigura Mount Baigura Mount Baigura, "Baïgura", "Baygoura" or "Baighoura" (el. 897 m./2943 ft.) is a mountain of the inner French Basque Country. Transmitters are set up near its summit. The leisure center ("base de loisir") at Baigura, on the road from Hélette to Louhossoa (in the commune of Mendionde), organizes paragliding activity on the northern slope of the mountain. The name "Baigura" is related to modern Euskara (Basque) "ibar" 'valley', "ibai" 'river' and "guren" 'limit' and means 'the end of valley'. Mount Baigura is the highest point of a small isolated pre-pyrenean massif inside the French Basque Country in the southwest