Karkaar is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

which ranges from Somalia's northwestern border with Ethiopia, until Cape Guardafui.The State of the Environment in Somalia: A Desk Study, page 10, 2005 It is also an administrative region defined by the autonomous

Puntland Puntland is an autonomous state that considers itself to be part of Somalia, despite not accepting the legitimacy of Somalia's current governing administration. It was formed in 1998, and was a federal member state of Somalia from its fou ...

state. The territory occupies the south of what has traditionally been the

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of Somalia, and generally lies south of the Karkaar mountain range. Since the

Somali Civil War The Somali Civil War (; ) is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing civil war that is taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the military junta which was led by Siad Barre during the 1980s. From 1988 to 1990, the Somali Armed ...

, the Karkaar mountains are often referred to as the Golis Mountains. According to the ''CULTURAL ORIENTATION SOMALI'' published by the Defense Language Institute in 2020, the Golis Mountains is another name for the Galgala Hills, part of the Karkaar mountain range. and the Ogo Highlands are south of the Karkaar mountain range.

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Puntland 1 Mountain ranges of Somalia Somali montane xeric woodlands {{Provinces of Puntland , state=expanded