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The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa.It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
The High Atlas, also called the Grand Atlas, is a mountain range in central Morocco, North Africa, the highest part of the Atlas Mountains. The High Atlas rises in the west at the Atlantic Ocean and stretches in an eastern direction to the Moroccan- Algerian border.
Jamish Brown, Climbing in the Atlas Mountains, The Alpine Journal, 2002, pp. 81–91. Des Clark, Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas, Cicerone, 2011; Bernhard Lindahl, Local History of Ethiopia, 2005/2008 (for verification of names) Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence at Peaklist.org
Location of the Atlas Mountains across North Africa. The Tell Atlas (Arabic: الاطلس التلي, al-ʾaṭlas al-tlī) is a mountain chain over 1,500 km (932 mi) in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching mainly across northern Algeria, ending in north-eastern Morocco and north-western Tunisia.
Toubkal (Arabic: توبقال, romanized: tūbqāl, pronounced), also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 m (13,671 ft), it is the highest peak in Morocco, the Atlas Mountains, North Africa and the Arab world.
The Tell Atlas and the Saharan Atlas merge in the east to join together into the Tébessa Range and the Medjerda Mountains. Bordered in the north by the Hautes Plaines , the Saharan Atlas is one of the vast plateaux of Africa , formed of ancient base rock covered by the sediment of shallow seas and alluvial deposits .
The Atlas bear was Africa's only native bear sub-species that survived into modern times. Once inhabiting the Atlas Mountains and neighbouring areas, from Morocco to Libya , the animal is now thought to be extinct.
Mountain ranges of Atlas Mountains. Pages in category "Mountain ranges of the Atlas Mountains" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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