Mount Tahat

Mount Tahat
Highest point
Elevation 2,908 m (9,541 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,328 m (7,638 ft) [1][2]
Listing Country high point
List of mountains in Algeria
Ultra
Coordinates 23°17′15″N 5°31′45″E / 23.28750°N 5.52917°E / 23.28750; 5.52917Coordinates: 23°17′15″N 5°31′45″E / 23.28750°N 5.52917°E / 23.28750; 5.52917 [1][2]
Geography
Mount Tahat

Location in Algeria

Location Algeria
Parent range Ahaggar Mountains
Climbing
First ascent 1931

Mount Tahat (Arabic: جبل تاهات‎) is the highest mountain peak in Algeria at 2,908 metres (9,541 ft).[1][2] Tahat is also the highest peak in the Ahaggar Mountains. Its nearest city is Tamanrasset which is located 56 km to its south.

Mount Tahats is of volcanic origin. It is located in the arid zone of the central Sahara. Growing in a rock environment and plateaus, it rises to 2918 or 3003 meters above sea level according to sources. It is the highest peak in the Hoggar Mountains and Algeria.

Tuaregs populate this massif. The city of Tamanrasset, the crossroads of the central Sahara, lies to the southwest of the Hoggar. It was discovered in the mountains cave paintings dating from a period between 8000 and 2000 BC. AD, depicting scenes of cattle breeding and hunting of animals living today exclusively in the southern Sahara, suggesting that climate change has occurred since that time.

Mount Tahat, Algeria

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Africa Ultra-Prominences" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tahat, Algeria". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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