Mount Tahat
Appearance
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Mount Tahat | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,003 m (9,852 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,328 m (7,638 ft)[2][3] |
Listing | Country high point List of mountains in Algeria Ultra |
Coordinates | 23°17′20″N5°32′01″E/ 23.28889°N 5.53361°E[3] |
Naming | |
Native name | جبل تاهات(Arabic) |
Geography | |
Location | Algeria |
Parent range | Hoggar Mountains |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1931 |
Mount Tahat(Arabic:جبل تاهات) is the highest mountain inAlgeria.It sits at an elevation of 2,908 metres (9,541 ft).[4][5]Other sources indicate an elevation of 3,003 metres (9,852 ft).[6]Tahat is also the highest peak in theHoggar Mountains.Its nearest city isTamanrassetwhich is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) to the south.
Mount Tahat is ofvolcanicorigin. It is located in an arid, rocky high plateau area of the centralSahara Desert.TheTuareginhabit this region. To the north lie theTassili n'Ajjermountains, which containcave paintingsdating from a period between 8000 and 2000 BC. The rock art is pastoral, showing cattle breeding and hunting of animals that are today exclusively found in the southern Sahara's climate.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Mount Tahat - Seven Natural Wonders"Archived2019-02-11 at theWayback MachineSevennaturalwonders.org. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^"Africa Ultra-Prominences"Archived2018-10-05 at theWayback MachinePeaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ab"Tahat, Algeria".Peakbagger.com.Retrieved2014-05-15.
- ^"Africa Ultra-Prominences".peaklist.org.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-10-05.Retrieved2019-03-07.
- ^"Tahat - Peakbagger.com".www.peakbagger.com.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-19.Retrieved2019-03-07.
- ^"French Colonies - Algeria".www.discoverfrance.net.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-06-06.Retrieved2019-03-07.
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