List of highest points of African countries
This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Africa defined physiographically.
Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
Notes are provided where territorial disputes or inconsistencies affect the listings. Egypt has part of their territory and their high point outside of Africa; their non-Asian high point are listed with a N/A rank entry underneath their continental peak. On the other hand, Spain has part of their territory and their high point inside of Africa.
One partially recognized country with the highest point in Africa is listed and ranked in Italic. For more details see List of states with limited recognition.
Rank | Country | Highest point | Elevation |
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Mount Tahat | 2,908 m (9,541 ft) |
22 | ![]() |
Morro de Môco | 2,620 m (8,596 ft) |
52 | ![]() |
Mont Sokbaro | 658 m (2,159 ft) |
40 | ![]() |
Otse Hill[1] | 1,491 m (4,892 ft) |
51 | ![]() |
Tena Kourou | 749 m (2,457 ft) |
21 | ![]() |
Southeast of Mount Heha[2] | 2,684 m (8,806 ft) |
8 | ![]() |
Fako on Mount Cameroon[2] | 4,040 m (13,255 ft) |
20 | ![]() |
Mount Fogo | 2,829 m (9,281 ft) |
42 | ![]() |
Mont Ngaoui | 1,420 m (4,659 ft) |
12 | ![]() |
Emi Koussi[2] | 3,445 m (11,302 ft) |
28 | ![]() |
Mount Karthala[3] | 2,361 m (7,746 ft) |
3 | ![]() |
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley | 5,110 m (16,765 ft) |
45 | ![]() |
Mont Nabeba | 1,020 m (3,346 ft) |
37 | ![]() |
Mont Nimba | 1,752 m (5,748 ft) |
31 | ![]() |
Mousa Ali | 2,028 m (6,654 ft) |
34 | ![]() |
Gabal Sha'ib El Banat[4] | 2,187 m (7,175 ft) |
N/A | ![]() |
Mount Catherine[4] | 2,629 m (8,625 ft) |
16 | ![]() |
Pico Basile | 3,008 m (9,869 ft) |
15 | ![]() |
Emba Soira | 3,018 m (9,902 ft) |
36 | ![]() |
Emlembe | 1,862 m (6,109 ft) |
5 | ![]() |
Ras Dashen[2] | 4,550 m (14,928 ft) |
44 | ![]() |
Mont Bengoué[5] | 1,070 m (3,510 ft) |
55 | ![]() |
Unnamed location (unofficially Red Rock) | 53 m (174 ft) |
49 | ![]() |
Mount Afadja[6] | 885 m (2,904 ft) |
38 | ![]() |
Mont Nimba | 1,752 m (5,748 ft) |
54 | ![]() |
Monte Torin | 262 m (860 ft) |
2 | ![]() |
Batian on Mount Kenya | 5,199 m (17,057 ft) |
10 | ![]() |
Thabana Ntlenyana | 3,482 m (11,424 ft) |
41 | ![]() |
Mount Wuteve[2] | 1,440 m (4,724 ft) |
30 | ![]() |
Bikku Bitti | 2,267 m (7,438 ft) |
19 | ![]() |
Maromokotro | 2,876 m (9,436 ft) |
17 | ![]() |
Sapitwa (Mulanje Massif) | 3,002 m (9,849 ft) |
43 | ![]() |
Hombori Tondo | 1,155 m (3,789 ft) |
47 | ![]() |
Kediet ej Jill | 915 m (3,002 ft) |
50 | ![]() |
Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire | 828 m (2,717 ft) |
7 | ![]() |
Jbel Toubkal | 4,165 m (13,665 ft) |
26 | ![]() |
Monte Binga | 2,436 m (7,992 ft) |
23 | ![]() |
Konigstein | 2,606 m (8,550 ft) |
33 | ![]() |
Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès | 2,022 m (6,634 ft) |
27 | ![]() |
Chappal Waddi | 2,419 m (7,936 ft) |
6 | ![]() |
Mount Karisimbi | 4,507 m (14,787 ft) |
32 | ![]() |
Pico de São Tomé | 2,024 m (6,640 ft) |
53 | ![]() |
Baunez ridge near Nepen Diakha | 648 m (2,126 ft) |
48 | ![]() |
Morne Seychellois[7] | 905 m (2,969 ft) |
35 | ![]() |
Mount Bintumani (Loma Mansa) | 1,948 m (6,391 ft) |
25 | ![]() |
Shimbiris[8] | 2,460 m (8,071 ft) |
11 | ![]() |
Mafadi | 3,450 m (11,319 ft) |
13 | ![]() |
Kinyeti | 3,187 m (10,456 ft) |
14 | ![]() |
Deriba Caldera | 3,042 m (9,980 ft) |
9 | ![]() |
Teide | 3,718 m (12,198 ft) |
1 | ![]() |
Mount Kilimanjaro[9] | 5,892 m (19,331 ft) |
46 | ![]() |
Mont Agou | 986 m (3,235 ft) |
39 | ![]() |
Jebel ech Chambi | 1,544 m (5,066 ft) |
4 | ![]() |
Margherita Peak on Mount Stanley | 5,110 m (16,765 ft) |
N/A | ![]() |
Tikhzoukhane | 605 m (1,985 ft) |
29 | ![]() |
Unnamed location in Mafinga Hills | 2,329 m (7,641 ft) |
24 | ![]() |
Mount Nyangani | 2,592 m (8,504 ft) |
See also
[edit]- Table of elevation extremes by country
- List of islands by highest point
- List of highest towns by country
- List of highest mountains
References
[edit]- CIA World Factbook 2006 (items marked * have been amended, see [1] for supporting documentation). Both this list and the CIA list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
- World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, ISBN 0-9522680-4-3, and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
- Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
- Information about specific items on talk page
- ^ Monalanong Hill is a mountain often considered the highest point of Botswana, with a questioned altitude of 1,494 metres (4,900 feet). This datum comes from the SRTM database just as the 1,491 m for Otse. The error range of these data is significantly higher (approximately 15 m), but a British explorer did a GPS reading on the top of both hills, and his measurement showed Otse slightly higher.
- ^ a b c d e Some authorities give other elevations for these national high points. For more information, see the appropriate summit pages.
- ^ Listed as "Le Kartala" on Peaklist.org Retrieved 27 September 2011
- ^ a b Gabal Sha'ib El Banat is the highest peak in the African part of Egypt, while the highest peak of the country is Mount Catherine, located in the Asian part of Egypt.
- ^ Claims that Mont Iboundji is the highest point and more than 1500 metres high are not supported by SRTM data.
- ^ "Mount Afadjoto, Ghana". Peakbagger.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
- ^ "Morne Seychellois" on Peakbagger.com Retrieved 2 October 2011
- ^ Shimbiris is also the highest point in
Somaliland
- ^ Highest point in Africa.