Nafusa Mountains

Nafusa Mountains
جبال نفوسة
Highest point
Elevation975 m (3,199 ft)[1]
Coordinates31°51′54″N 11°47′36″E / 31.8649°N 11.7933°E / 31.8649; 11.7933
Geography
Nafusa Mountains is located in Libya
Nafusa Mountains
Nafusa Mountains
Location in Libya
LocationTripolitania, northwest Libya

The Nafusa Mountains (Arabic: جبال نفوسة) is a mountain range in the western Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. It also includes the regions around the escarpment formed where the northern end of the Tripolitanian Plateau meets the Mediterranean coastal plain or the Jefara.

  1. ^ Willeitner, Joachim (2001). Tripolitanien, Syrtebogen, Fezzan und die Kyrenaika. DuMont Reiserverlag. p. 14. ISBN 3-7701-4876-2.