Tibesti

British

/ tɪˈbɛstɪ /

noun

a mountain range of volcanic origin in NW Chad, in the central Sahara extending for about 480 km (300 miles). Highest peak: Emi Koussi, 3415 m (11 204 ft)

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Raised in the Sahara, Rava is a desert expert specializing in Chad, where climbers and scientists come to the Ennedi and Tibesti regions for the nomads, camel herds and rock arches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2015

Home to the Sahara's highest mountain, the Tibesti range is one of the least explored spots on the planet and could hold clues to the Sahara's wet history.

From Nature • Feb. 15, 2015

I will explore the possibility of having Tibesti added to the list.

From Nature • Feb. 15, 2015

In the lobby of the Tibesti Hotel in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, opportunists mix with diplomats, journalists and aid workers.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2011

The principal authors were, and still are, the Senoussis, whose able chief has been forced by our arms to transfer the seat of his confederation several thousand leagues from there, to Schimmedrou, in the Tibesti.

From Atlantida by Benôit, Pierre

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