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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 .
Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent (1925).. The etymology of the name Atlas is uncertain. Virgil took pleasure in translating etymologies of Greek names by combining them with adjectives that explained them: for Atlas his adjective is durus, "hard, enduring", [9] which suggested to George Doig that Virgil was aware of the Greek τλῆναι "to endure"; Doig offers the further ...
Atlas is a primarily male name, usually given in reference to the character from Greek mythology. It has increased in usage in recent years for both boys and girls in the United States along with other mythological names, but is still more used for boys. [ 1 ]
The Greeks referred to the region as the "Land of the Atlas", referring to its Atlas Mountains. [7] Before the establishment of modern nation states in the region during the 20th century, the Maghreb most commonly referred to a smaller area, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlas Mountains in the south. It often also included the territory ...
Berber village in the Atlas mountains Prominent Berber ethnic groups include the Kabyles —from Kabylia , a historical autonomous region of northern Algeria—who number about six million and have kept, to a large degree, their original language and society; and the Shilha or Chleuh—in High and Anti-Atlas and Sous Valley of Morocco—who ...
Mountain ranges of the Atlas Mountains (18 P) Pages in category "Atlas Mountains" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
Toubkal's height was measured the following year, and determined as being 4,165 metres (13,665 ft) [4] Nowadays measured at 4,167 metres, the summit is crowned with a large pyramidal metal trigonometric marker, and offers views taking in most of the Atlas and Little Atlas Mountains. It is possible to climb mountain Toubkal in two days - first ...
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.