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4,167 metres: Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak
Jebel Toubkal rises 4,167 metres above sea level, the highest summit in North Africa and the Arab region.
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Beyond the number
Jebel Toubkal rises 4,167 metres above sea level, the highest summit in North Africa and the Arab region.
Toubkal National Park was established in 1942 around the High Atlas mountain landscape.
Morocco’s tourism office and national biodiversity portal both give Toubkal’s elevation as 4,167 metres. A UN mountain assessment lists it above the other featured Arab-region peaks. This is a 1st-place geography fact.
Then / Now
How the story unfolded
Toubkal National Park was established.
Moroccan tourism and biodiversity references list Jebel Toubkal at 4,167 metres.
Across regions
Where Morocco stands
Elevation of independent Atlas Mountain summits · metres
Ten highest listed independent Atlas summits
- 1stMorocco · Toubkal4,167 m
- 2ndMorocco · Ouanoukrim4,089 m
- 3rdMorocco · M’Goun4,071 m
- 4thMorocco · Afella4,043 m
- 5thMorocco · Akioud4,030 m
- 6thMorocco · Imousser4,010 m
- 7thMorocco · n’Tarourt4,001 m
- 8thMorocco · Biiguinoussene3,990 m
- 9thMorocco · Tazaghart3,980 m
- 10thMorocco · Taska n’Zat3,912 m
Peakbagger’s ten highest listed Atlas summits, excluding subpeaks; its database may not contain every summit. This compares peaks, not countries. Other sources sometimes report slightly different elevations for individual peaks. Morocco’s tourism office separately identifies Toubkal as North Africa’s highest.
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Sources & further reading
- Moroccan National Tourism Office · geography
- Morocco biodiversity portal · Toubkal National Park
- UN mountain assessment · Arab region peaks
- Peakbagger · Atlas Mountains peak comparison
Image credits
- Jebel Toubkal summit photographed from the northwest in 2022: Kaur Virunurm · CC BY-SA 4.0
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