List of highest points of African countries

This page 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
17 AlgeriaMount Tahat3,003 m (9,852 ft)
22 AngolaMorro de Môco2,620 m (8,596 ft)
52 BeninMont Sokbaro658 m (2,159 ft)
40 BotswanaOtse Hill[1]1,491 m (4,892 ft)
51 Burkina FasoTena Kourou749 m (2,457 ft)
21 BurundiSoutheast of Mount Heha[2]2,684 m (8,806 ft)
8 CameroonFako on Mount Cameroon[2]4,040 m (13,255 ft)
20 Cape VerdeMount Fogo2,829 m (9,281 ft)
42 Central African RepublicMont Ngaoui1,420 m (4,659 ft)
12 ChadEmi Koussi[2]3,445 m (11,302 ft)
28 ComorosMount Karthala[3]2,361 m (7,746 ft)
3 Democratic Republic of the CongoMargherita Peak on Mount Stanley5,110 m (16,765 ft)
45 Republic of the CongoMont Nabeba1,020 m (3,346 ft)
37 Côte d'IvoireMont Nimba1,752 m (5,748 ft)
31 DjiboutiMousa Ali2,028 m (6,654 ft)
34 EgyptGabal Sha'ib El Banat[4]2,187 m (7,175 ft)
N/A EgyptMount Catherine[4]2,629 m (8,625 ft)
16 Equatorial GuineaPico Basile3,008 m (9,869 ft)
15 EritreaEmba Soira3,018 m (9,902 ft)
36 EswatiniEmlembe1,862 m (6,109 ft)
5 EthiopiaRas Dashen[2]4,550 m (14,928 ft)
44 GabonMont Bengoué[5]1,070 m (3,510 ft)
55 GambiaUnnamed location (unofficially Red Rock)53 m (174 ft)
49 GhanaMount Afadja[6]885 m (2,904 ft)
38 GuineaMont Nimba1,752 m (5,748 ft)
54 Guinea-BissauUnnamed location in the northeast corner of the country300 m (984 ft)
2 KenyaBatian on Mount Kenya5,199 m (17,057 ft)
10 LesothoThabana Ntlenyana3,482 m (11,424 ft)
41 LiberiaMount Wuteve[2]1,440 m (4,724 ft)
30 LibyaBikku Bitti2,267 m (7,438 ft)
19 MadagascarMaromokotro2,876 m (9,436 ft)
18 MalawiSapitwa (Mulanje Massif)3,002 m (9,849 ft)
43 MaliHombori Tondo1,155 m (3,789 ft)
47 MauritaniaKediet ej Jill915 m (3,002 ft)
50 MauritiusPiton de la Petite Rivière Noire828 m (2,717 ft)
7 MoroccoJbel Toubkal4,165 m (13,665 ft)
26 MozambiqueMonte Binga2,436 m (7,992 ft)
23 NamibiaKonigstein2,606 m (8,550 ft)
33 NigerMont Idoukal-n-Taghès2,022 m (6,634 ft)
27 NigeriaChappal Waddi2,419 m (7,936 ft)
6 RwandaMount Karisimbi4,507 m (14,787 ft)
32 São Tomé and PríncipePico de São Tomé2,024 m (6,640 ft)
53 SenegalUnnamed feature near Nepen Diakha648 m (2,126 ft)
48 SeychellesMorne Seychellois[7]905 m (2,969 ft)
35 Sierra LeoneMount Bintumani (Loma Mansa)1,948 m (6,391 ft)
25 SomaliaShimbiris[8]2,460 m (8,071 ft)
11 South AfricaMafadi3,450 m (11,319 ft)
13 South SudanKinyeti3,187 m (10,456 ft)
14 SudanDeriba Caldera3,042 m (9,980 ft)
9 SpainTeide3,718 m (12,198 ft)
1 TanzaniaMount Kilimanjaro[9]5,892 m (19,331 ft)
46 TogoMont Agou986 m (3,235 ft)
39 TunisiaJebel ech Chambi1,544 m (5,066 ft)
4 UgandaMargherita Peak on Mount Stanley5,110 m (16,765 ft)
N/A Western SaharaTikhzoukhane605 m (1,985 ft)
29 ZambiaUnnamed location in Mafinga Hills2,329 m (7,641 ft)
24 ZimbabweMount Nyangani2,592 m (8,504 ft)

See also

References

  • CIA World Factbook 2006 (items marked * have been amended, see 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
  1. 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.
  2. Some authorities give other elevations for these national high points. For more information, see the appropriate summit pages.
  3. Listed as "Le Kartala" on Peaklist.org Retrieved 27 September 2011
  4. 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.
  5. Claims that Mont Iboundji is the highest point and more than 1500 metres high are not supported by SRTM data.
  6. "Mount Afadjoto, Ghana". Peakbagger.com. 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  7. "Morne Seychellois" on Peakbagger.com Retrieved 2 October 2011
  8. Shimbiris is also the highest point in  Somaliland
  9. Highest point in Africa.
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