Hoggar Mountains

Hoggar National Park
Hoggar National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Locator map
Location	Tamanrasset Province, Algeria
Nearest city	Tamanrasset
Coordinates	22°08′N 6°10′E / 22.133°N 6.167°E
Area	450,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi)
Established	1987

Hoggar Mountains
Hoggar Mountains
	Landscape of the Assekrem region in the Hoggar in Tamanrasset Province
Highest point
Peak	Mount Tahat
Elevation	2,908 m (9,541 ft)
Coordinates	23°17′20″N 05°32′01″E / 23.28889°N 5.53361°E
Naming
Native name	جبال هقار (Arabic); Idurar n Uhaggar (Berber languages);
Geography
	Hoggar Mountains Location in southern Algeria
Country	Algeria

The Hoggar Mountains (Arabic: جبال هقار (Ǧibāl Haqqār), Berber: idurar n Ahaggar) are a highland region in the central Sahara in southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 km².^[1]

The Hoggar Mountains are home to the Ahaggar National Park.^[2] The tallest peak in the range and Algeria, Mount Tahat, is located in the park area, which covers approximately 450,000 square kilometres (170,000 sq mi).^[2]

^ Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.
^ ^a ^b "Ahaggar National Park, Saharan Algeria Region, Algeria". Algeria.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[readersnatural-1] Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980). Natural Wonders of the World. United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-89577-087-3.

[Algeria.com-2] "Ahaggar National Park, Saharan Algeria Region, Algeria". Algeria.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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Hoggar Mountains

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