Mount Tahat
mountain, Algeria
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Mount Tahat is the highest peak in the Ahaggar Mountains of southern Algeria, reaching an elevation of 9,573 feet (2,918 meters). The Ahaggar region is an arid, mountainous plateau within the Sahara Desert. Tahat is part of a vast mountainous plateau that extends for approximately 965 miles north-south and 1,300 miles east-west. The surrounding landscape is characterized by eroded sandstone plateaus and sparse vegetation, supporting nomadic herders who graze camels and goats.1
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