List of highest mountain peaks of Africa

File:Kilimanjaro (paulshaffner).jpg

Kilimanjaro from the air.

This is a list of the highest mountains of Africa. It aims to include the 75 highest mountains with a prominence of at least 500 m. Some regions are still poorly described and the list is likely to be both incomplete and not completely accurate. This is especially true for the Ethiopian Highlands, where heights on maps and in the literature differ between each other by up to 500 m. All elevations have been checked or chosen to match the SRTM-based contour lines in the Google terrain maps.

The highest African mountain is Kilimanjaro, which has three peaks, named Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira, of which Kibo is the tallest. Kibo and Mawenzi are listed separately below; Shira is not tall enough to qualify for this list.

Rank	Mountain	Height (m)	Prominence (m)	Range	Country	Coordinates	Parent mountain	First ascent
1	Kibo (Uhuru Pk)	5895	5885	Kilimanjaro	Tanzania			1889
2	Mount Kenya (Batian)	5199	3825	Mount Kenya	Kenya		Kibo	1899
3	Mawenzi (Hans Meyer Pk)	5148	850	Kilimanjaro	Tanzania		Kibo	1912
4	Ngaliema / Mt Stanley (Margherita Pk)	5109	3951	Rwenzori	DR Congo Uganda		Kibo	1906
	Mount Kenya (Lenana)	4985	130	Mount Kenya	Kenya		Nelion	1899
	Ngaliema / Mt Stanley (Savoia Pk)	4977	110	Rwenzori	Uganda		Margherita	1906
5	Duwoni / Mt Speke (Vittorio Emanuele Pk)	4890	720	Rwenzori	Uganda		Stanley	1906
6	Kiyanja / Mt Baker (Edward Pk)	4844	507	Rwenzori	Uganda		Stanley	1906
7	sv (Umberto Pk)	4798	495	Rwenzori	DR Congo		Speke	1906
8	sv (Iolanda Pk)	4715	565	Rwenzori	Uganda		Emin	1906
	de (Sella Pk)	4627	345	Rwenzori	Uganda		Baker	1906
9	Mount Meru (Socialist Pk)	4566	3170	Mount Meru	Tanzania		Kibo	1904
10	Ras Dashen	4550	3997	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Kenya	1841
11	Karisimbi	4507	3312	Virunga Mountains	DR Congo Rwanda		Stanley	1903
	Ancua / Ankwa / Weynobar	4462	380	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Ras Dashen
12	Kidis Yared	4453	730	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Ras Dashen
13	Mikeno	4437	1190	Virunga Mountains	DR Congo		Karisimbi	1927
14	Bwahit	4437	810	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Kidis Yared
15	Portal Peaks (Kihuma)	4391	565	Rwenzori	Uganda		Gessi	1945
16	Tullu Demtu	4377	2527	Bale Mountains	Ethiopia		Ras Dashen
17	Mount Elgon (Wagagai)	4321	2458	Mount Elgon	Uganda		Kenya	1911
	Mount Elgon (Sudek)	4302	150	Mount Elgon	Kenya Uganda		Wagagai	1890
18	Amba Farit	4270	2061	Kollo Massif	Ethiopia		Bwahit
19	Abune Yosef / Guliba Amba	4260	1909	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Ras Dashen
	Ioll / Yoll	4220	350	Kollo Massif	Ethiopia		Amba Farit
20	Bada	4195	1605	Arsi Mountains	Ethiopia		Tullu Demtu
21	Kaka / Kecha / Chiqe	4193	1215	Arsi Mountains	Ethiopia		Bada
22	Jbel Toubkal	4167	3755	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Stanley	1923
23	Muhavura	4127	1530	Virunga Mountains	Rwanda Uganda		Karisimbi	1898
24	Hey / Hay	4125	660	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Weynobar
25	Guna	4120	1510	Guna Massif	Ethiopia		Abune Yosef
26	Choqa / Choke / Birhan	4100	2225	Choqa Mountains	Ethiopia		Bwahit
	Ouanoukrim	4088	420	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Toubkal
27	Chilalo	4071	610	Arsi Mountains	Ethiopia		Bada
28	Mount Cameroon	4070	3931	Cameroon line	Cameroon		Stanley	1861
29	Inatye	4070	500	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Bwahit
30	Ighil Mgoun	4068	1904	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Toubkal
	Weshema / Wasema?	4030	420	Bale Mountains	Ethiopia		Tullu Demtu
31	Oldoinyo Lesatima	4001	2081	Aberdare Range	Kenya		Mt Kenya
32	Jebel n'Tarourt / Tifnout / Iferouane	3996	910	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Toubkal
33	Muggia	3950	500	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Abune Yosef
34	Dubbai	3941	1540	Tigray Mountains	Ethiopia		Abune Yosef
	Taska n’Zat	3912	460	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Tarourt
	Aksouâl	3903	450	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Toubkal
35	Mount Kinangop	3902	530	Aberdare Range	Kenya		Lesatima
36	Cimbia	3900	590	Kollo Massif	Ethiopia		Amba Farit
	Anrhemer / Ingehmar	3892	380	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Aksoual
37	Ieciuol ?	3840	560	Kollo Massif	Ethiopia		Cimbia
	Kawa / Caua / Lajo	3830	475	Bale Mountains	Ethiopia		Weshema
	Pt 3820	3820	450	Kollo Massif	Ethiopia		Cimbia
38	Jbel Tignousti	3819	930	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Mgoun
39	Filfo / Encuolo	3805	770	Arsi Mountains	Ethiopia		Bada
40	Kosso Amba	3805	530	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Pt 3950
	Jbel Ghat	3781	470	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Tignousti
41	Baylamtu / Gavsigivla	3777	1120	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Abune Yosef
42	fr	3763	860	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Irhil MGoun
43	Somkaru	3760	530	Bale Mountains	Ethiopia		Tullu Demtu
44	Abieri	3750	780	Semien Mountains	Ethiopia		Ras Dashen
45	Arin Ayachi	3747	1400	East High Atlas	Morocco		Ouaougoulzat
46	Teide	3718	3718	Tenerife	Canary Islands		Island high point	1582
47	Visoke / Bisoke	3711	585	Virunga Mountains	DR Congo Rwanda		Karisimbi	1908
48	Sarenga	3700	1160	Tigray Mountains	Ethiopia		Dubbai
49	Woti / Uoti	3700	1050	Eastern Escarpment	Ethiopia		Pt 3840
	Pt 3700 (Kulsa?)	3700	490	Arsi Mountains	Ethiopia		Kecha
50	Loolmalassin	3682	2040	Crater Highlands	Tanzania		Meru
51	Biala?	3680	870	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Baylamtu
52	Azurki / Azourki	3677	790	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Ouaougoulzat
53	Pt 3645	3645	910	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Koso Amba
54	Sabyinyo	3634	1010	Virunga Mountains	Rwanda DR Congo Uganda		Karisimbi	1907
55	Mount Gurage / Guraghe	3620	1400	Gurage Mountains	Ethiopia		Uoti
	Angour	3616	444	Toubkal Atlas	Morocco		Anrhemer
56	Jbel Igdat	3615	1609	West High Atlas	Morocco		Toubkal	1888
57	Jbel n'Anghomar	3609	1420	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Ighil MGoun
	Yegura / Amba Moka	3605	420	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Pt 3645
58	Pt 3600 (Kitir?)	3600	870	Eastern Escarpment	Ethiopia		Uoti
59	Pt 3600	3600	610	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Koso Amba
60	Bar Meda high point	3580	520	Eastern Escarpment	Ethiopia		Pt 3600 (Kitir ?)
61	Jbel Erdouz	3579	690	West High Atlas	Morocco		Igdat
62	Mount Gugu	3570	940	Mount Gugu	Ethiopia		Bada
63	Gesh Megal (?)	3570	520	Gurage Mountains	Ethiopia		Gurage
64	Gughe	3568	2013	Balta Mountains	Ethiopia		Gurage
65	Megezez	3565	690	Eastern Escarpment	Ethiopia		Uoti
	Pt 3555	3555	475	Lasta Massif	Ethiopia		Pt 3645
66	Jbel Tinergwet	3551	880	West High Atlas	Morocco		Igdat
67	Amba Alagi	3550	820	Tigray Mountains	Ethiopia		Dubbai
68	Chemnirot (Kamelogon Pk)	3530	1510	Cherangani Hills	Kenya		Elgon
69	Gara Guda /Kara Gada	3530	900	Salale Mountains	Ethiopia		Megezez
70	Amonewas	3530	870	Choqa Mountains	Ethiopia		Choke
71	Amedamit	3530	760	Choqa Mountains	Ethiopia		Choke
72	Igoudamene	3519	550	Central High Atlas	Morocco		Mgoun
	Abuye Meda	3505	230	Eastern Escarpment	Ethiopia		Bar Meda high point
73	Thabana Ntlenyana	3482	2390	Drakensberg	Lesotho
74	fr	3480	1592	Mitumba Mountains	DR Congo		Karisimbi
	Gahinga	3474	425	Virunga Mountains	Uganda Rwanda		Muhavura	1906
75	Nyiragongo	3470	1440	Virunga Mountains	DR Congo		Karisimbi	1894

See also

• Mountains portal

Sources

• Jamish Brown, Climbing in the Atlas Mountains, The Alpine Journal, 2002, pp. 81–91.
• Des Clark, Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas, Cicerone, 2011
• Bernhard Lindahl, Local History of Ethiopia, 2005/2008 (for verification of names)
• Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence at Peaklist.org
• (an unverified list)