Mount Tahat, Tamanrasset, Algeria
Mount Tahat is the tallest mountain in Algeria. The summit reaches a height of 9,852 feet. Mount Tahat is also regarded as the highest peak throughout the entire Ahaggar Mountain range.
The Ahaggar Mountains are the highland regions of the central Sahara. The entire highland region is covered with rocky desert with an altitude of 2,953 feet above sea level. The Ahaggar Mountains are lunar-like massif, and below it is the Sahara Atlas, which is covered with sand dunes, gravel expanses, and occasional plateaus.
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