Mount Bou Nasser or ''Jbel Bou Naceur'' is a mountain in
Sefrou Province,
Fès-Meknès,
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. Its altitude is 3,340 meters.
Geography
It is the highest peak in the
Middle Atlas
The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵚ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, ''Atlas Anammas'', Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, ''al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ'') is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous regio ...
, located near
Tirnest to the south and
Tinesmet to the north. A high peak covered by
cedar forests, the Bou Nasser summit is one of the favourite destinations for hikers in the region of the
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around through M ...
.
[Hamish Brown, ''The High Atlas: Treks and climbs on Morocco's biggest and best mountains'', p. 29]
See also
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Middle Atlas
The Middle Atlas (Amazigh: ⴰⵟⵍⴰⵚ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙ, ''Atlas Anammas'', Arabic: الأطلس المتوسط, ''al-Aṭlas al-Mutawassiṭ'') is a mountain range in Morocco. It is part of the Atlas mountain range, a mountainous regio ...
References
External links
Geographic coordinates for Djebel Bou Naceur
Mountains of Morocco
Geography of Fès-Meknès
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