The Lion Mountains (also called Lioness Mountains or Peninsula Mountains, originally from Portuguese: Serra Leoa) are a mountain range in Sierra Leone. The range stretches 30 kilometres (19 mi) on the by the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the capital Freetown. The mountains are part of the Western Area Forest Reserve, a nature reserve with a hunting ban, established in 1916. The highest point is Picket Hill at 888 metres (2,913 ft).