Anti-Atlas | |
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الأطلس الصغير Aṭlas Mẓẓiyn | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Jbel Sirwa |
Elevation | 3,304 m (10,840 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 800 km (500 mi) ENE/WSW[citation needed] |
Width | 180 km (110 mi) NNW/SSE[citation needed] |
Geography | |
Country | Morocco |
Parent range | Atlas Mountains |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alleghenian |
Age of rock | Paleozoic |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | drive |
The Anti-Atlas, also known as Lesser Atlas or Little Atlas, is a mountain range in Morocco, a part of the Atlas Mountains in the northwest of Africa.[2] The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest toward the northeast, to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt, altogether a distance of approximately 500 km. The range borders on the Sahara to the south.[2]
In some contexts,[2] the Anti-Atlas is considered separate from the Atlas Mountains system, as the prefix "anti" (i.e. opposite) implies.