Atlas Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in NW Africa, extending through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. Highest peak, Mt. Tizi, 14,764 feet (4,500 meters).

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Atlas Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain system of N Africa, between the Mediterranean and the Sahara. Highest peak: Mount Toubkal, 4165 m (13 664 ft)

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Atlas Mountains

The text includes an Omniscient Seashell, drinks that offer forgetfulness or remembering, ghostly apparitions, a magical couples’ retreat at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, and a desert prince who becomes obsessed with Helena.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Mahamed has based himself in the town of Ifrane in Morocco's Atlas Mountains as he builds towards April's race.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

"In the region there's not a high rate of seismic activity, so we don't have a great idea of what the 'common' characteristics are of large earthquakes in the Atlas Mountains," said U.S.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 15, 2023

On Sept. 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, killing over 2,900 people.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

But neither Sharīf nor missionary-doctor had we any hope of meeting at Mogador, able and willing to travel into the Atlas Mountains with us.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Isabel Savory

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