Highlands in Africa
Africa’s highest land points, mountains and hills
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PEAK |
ELEVATION |
LOCATION |
COUNTRY |
1. Mt. KIlimanjaro |
5,895
metres |
Volcanic
peak, near Kenya |
Tanzania |
2. Kenya (Kirinyaga) |
5,199
metres |
|
Kenya |
3. Margherita Peak |
5,119
metres |
Rwenzori
Mountains |
Uganda |
4. Ras Dashan |
Gondar |
Ethiopia |
|
5. Karisimbi |
4,507
metres |
Volcano,
Virunga Mountains |
Rwanda |
6. Jebel Toubkal |
4,167
metres |
Atlas
Mountains |
Morocco |
7. Mount Cameroon |
4,069
metres |
Volcanic
peak |
Cameroon |
8. Thabana-Ntlenyana |
3,482
metres |
Drakensberg
Mountains |
Lesotho |
9. Champagne Castle |
3,446
metres |
Great
Escarpment |
South Africa |
10. Emi Koussi |
3,415
metres |
Tibesti
mountains |
Chad |
11. Kinyeti |
3,187
metres |
Imatong
Mountains |
Sudan |
12. Piton des Neiges |
3,069
metres |
Indian
Ocean |
Reunion |
13. Pico de Baile |
3,007
metres |
Malabo
Island |
Equa Guinea |
14. Tahat |
3,003
metres |
Ahaggar
mountains |
Algeria |
15. Sapitwa (Mt.Mulanje) |
3,002
metres |
Shire
Highlands |
Malawi |
16. Soira |
2,989
metres |
|
Eritrea |
17. Maromokotra |
2,876
metres |
Tsarata |
Madagascar |
18. Pico de Cano |
2,829
metres |
Active
volcano, Fogo Island |
Cape Verde |
19. Mt. Karonje |
2,685
metres |
Source
of River Nile |
Burundi |
20. Gebel Katherina (Sinai) |
2,637
metres |
Sinai
desert |
Egypt |
21. Serro Moco |
2,619
metres |
Northern
highland plateau |
Angola |
22. Brandberg |
2,606
metres |
N.West,
near Atlantic Ocean |
Namibia |
23. Mount Inyangani |
2,592
metres |
Inyanga
Mountains |
Zimbabwe |
24. Monte Binga |
2,436
metres |
Close
to Zimbabwe border |
Mozambique |
25. Mount Shimbiris |
2,416
metres |
|
Somalia |
26. Mt. Kartala |
2,361
metres |
Active
volcano |
Comoros |
27. Pic Bette |
2,286
metres |
Tibesti
Masif |
Libya |
28. Unnamed heights |
2,164
metres |
Mbala,
near Tanzania border |
Zambia |
29. Pico de Sao Tome |
2,024
metres |
Gulf
of Guinea |
Sao Tome & Princ |
39. Mount Vogel |
2,024
metres |
Gotel
Mountains |
Nigeria |
40. Bagzane |
2,022
metres |
|
Niger |
41. Moussa Ali |
2,020
metres |
|
Djibouti |
42. Bintimani |
1,945
metres |
Loma
Mountains |
Sierra Leone |
43. Emblembe |
1,862
metres |
Highveld,
near South Africa |
Swaziland |
44. Mount Nimba |
1,752
metres |
Border with Ivory Coast
|
Liberia |
44. Mount Nimba |
1,752
metres |
Guinea-Liberia
border area |
Ivory Coast |
44. Mount Nimba |
1,752
metres |
Border
area with Ivory Coast |
Guinea |
45. Jebel Chambi |
1,544
metres |
Atlas
Mountains |
Tunisia |
46. Unnamed heights |
1,489
metres |
Southeast
area |
Botswana |
47. Masif des Bongos |
1,400
metres |
|
Cent. African. Rep |
48. Hombori Tondo |
1,155
metres |
Hoggar
Masif |
Mali |
49. Mt. De la Leketi |
1,040
metres |
|
Rep of Congo |
50. Pic Baumann |
986
metres |
Atakora
Mountains, near Ghana |
Togo |
51. Mount Ibounoji |
980
metres |
|
Gabon |
52. Piton de la Petite |
915
metres |
Riviere
Noire, volcano |
Mauritius |
53. Kediet ej Jill |
915
metres |
|
Mauritania |
54. Morne Seychellois |
905
metres |
Mahe
Island |
Seychelles |
55. Mount Afadjado |
885
metres |
|
Ghana |
56. Tena Kourou |
747
metres |
|
Burkina Faso |
Study the map below and answer the questions that follow:
Guide:
Identification of the Highlands on the map
1.
Cameroun highlands
2.
Kilimanjaro (5895 m)
3.
Kenya highlands (5199 m)
4.
Mt. Elgon (4321 m)
5.
Drakensberg ranges (3482 m)
6.
Atlas ranges
(4165)
7.
Ahagger Mtn. (2918 m)
8.
Tibesti (3415 m)
9.
Ethiopian Highlands
10.
Rwenzori ((5110 m)
11.
Adamawa Highlands
12.
Futa jalon