Hoggar Mountains, Algeriai

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Hoggar Mountains	Highland Region
Algeria	Country

The Hoggar Mountains (Arabic: جبال هقار‎, Berber: idurar n Ahaggar) are a highland region in the central Sahara, southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. The mountains cover an area of approximately 550,000 square km (212,000 square miles). Most of the mountains are in Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province).

This mountainous region is located about 1,500 km (930 mi) south of the capital, Algiers. The area is largely rocky desert with an average elevation of more than 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level. The highest peak, Mount Tahat, is at 2,908 m (9,541 ft). The mountains are primarily composed of metamorphic rock approximately 2 billion years old, although there are areas where more recent volcanic activity has laid down much newer rock. Several of the more dramatic peaks, such as Ilamen, are the result of erosion wearing away extinct volcano domes, leaving behind the more resistant material that plugged the volcanic cores.

The Hoggar mountains are home to the Ahaggar National Park, one of the national parks of the country.

Note on the mineral list: The chenevixite was found in association with a pegmatite of pneumatolytic origin that outcrops on the east flank of a cupola of greisen believed to correspond to an apophysis of the Renaissance batholith.

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoggar_Mountains
Wikidata ID:	Q26399

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