Which countries do the Atlas Mountains extend across?

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Map showing the Atlas Mountains across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in North Africa, with color shading to indicate elevation changes. Major mountain ranges, cities, rivers, and physical features such as the High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Saharan Atlas, and surrounding deserts are labeled. An inset locator map highlights the region's position in northern Africa. — Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains.

The Atlas Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa that extend across three countries: Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.12

Spanning more than 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers), the range forms the geologic backbone of the Maghrib region, stretching from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest to the Tunisian capital of Tunis in the northeast.12