List of African countries by highest point

Sovereign, fully recognized countries

Rank
Country
Highest point
Elevation
Notes
1 TanzaniaMount Kilimanjaro5,892 m (19,331 ft)Highest point in Africa.
2 KenyaBatian on Mount Kenya5,199 m (17,057 ft)
3 Democratic Republic of the CongoMargherita Peak on Mount Stanley5,110 m (16,765 ft)
4 UgandaMargherita Peak on Mount Stanley5,110 m (16,765 ft)
5 EthiopiaRas Dejen4,550 m (14,928 ft)[1]
6 RwandaMount Karisimbi4,507 m (14,787 ft)
7 MoroccoJbel Toubkal4,165 m (13,665 ft)
8 CameroonFako on Mount Cameroon4,040 m (13,255 ft)[1]
9 LesothoThabana Ntlenyana3,482 m (11,424 ft)
10 South AfricaMafadi3,450 m (11,319 ft)
11 ChadEmi Koussi3,445 m (11,302 ft)[1]
12 South SudanKinyeti3,187 m (10,456 ft)
13 SudanDeriba Caldera3,042 m (9,980 ft)
14 EritreaEmba Soira3,018 m (9,902 ft)
15 Equatorial GuineaPico Basile3,008 m (9,869 ft)
16 AlgeriaMount Tahat3,003 m (9,852 ft)
17 MalawiSapitwa (Mulanje Massif)3,002 m (9,849 ft)
18 MadagascarMaromokotro2,876 m (9,436 ft)
19 Cape VerdeMount Fogo2,829 m (9,281 ft)
20 BurundiSoutheast of Mount Heha2,684 m (8,806 ft)[1]
21 EgyptMount Catherine2,629 m (8,625 ft)
22 AngolaMorro de Môco2,620 m (8,596 ft)
23 NamibiaKonigstein2,606 m (8,550 ft)
24 ZimbabweMount Nyangani2,592 m (8,504 ft)
25 SomaliaMount Shimbiris2,460 m (8,071 ft)
26 MozambiqueMonte Binga2,436 m (7,992 ft)
27 NigeriaChappal Waddi2,419 m (7,936 ft)
28 ZambiaUnnamed location in Mafinga Hills2,329 m (7,641 ft)
29 LibyaBikku Bitti2,267 m (7,438 ft)
30 DjiboutiMousa Ali2,028 m (6,654 ft)
31 São Tomé and PríncipePico de São Tomé2,024 m (6,640 ft)
32 NigerMont Idoukal-n-Taghès2,022 m (6,634 ft)
33 Sierra LeoneMount Bintumani (Loma Mansa)1,948 m (6,391 ft)
34 SwazilandEmlembe1,862 m (6,109 ft)
35 Côte d'IvoireMont Nimba1,752 m (5,748 ft)
36 GuineaMont Nimba1,752 m (5,748 ft)
37 TunisiaJebel ech Chambi1,544 m (5,066 ft)
38 BotswanaOtse Hill1,491 m (4,892 ft)[2]
39 LiberiaMount Wuteve1,440 m (4,724 ft)[1]
40 Central African RepublicMont Ngaoui1,420 m (4,659 ft)
41 MaliHombori Tondo1,155 m (3,789 ft)
42 GabonMont Bengoué1,070 m (3,510 ft)[3]
43 Republic of the CongoMont Nabeba1,020 m (3,346 ft)
44 TogoMont Agou986 m (3,235 ft)
45 MauritaniaKediet ej Jill915 m (3,002 ft)
46 Burkina FasoTena Kourou749 m (2,457 ft)
47 BeninMont Sokbaro658 m (2,159 ft)
48 SenegalUnnamed feature near Nepen Diakha648 m (2,126 ft)
49 Guinea-BissauUnnamed location in the northeast corner of the country300 m (984 ft)
50 GambiaUnnamed location (unofficially Red Rock)53 m (174 ft)

Countries with disputed sovereignty

Rank
Country
Claimant
Highest point
Height
Notes
200 Western Sahara MoroccoTikhzoukhane605 m (1,985 ft)

See also

References

  • CIA World Factbook 2006 (items marked * have been amended, see for supporting documentation). Both this list and the CIA list may contain further errors. Despite the claim by the CIA that their list was updated in July 2006, none of the errors listed on the talk page have been corrected.
  • World Tops and Bottoms, by Grant Hutchison, 1996, TACit Press, ISBN 0-9522680-4-3, and subsequent research by the same author, in collaboration with field research by Ginge Fullen.
  • Data supplied by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
  • Information about specific items on talk page
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Some authorities give other elevations for these national high points. For more information, see the appropriate summit pages.
  2. ↑ Monalanong Hill is a mountain often considered the highest point of Botswana, with a questioned altitude of 1,494 metres (4,900 feet). This datum comes from the SRTM database just as the 1,491 m for Otse. The error range of these data is significantly higher (approximately 15 m), but a British explorer did a GPS reading on the top of both hills, and his measurement showed Otse slightly higher.
  3. ↑ Claims that Mont Iboundji is the highest point and more than 1500 metres high are not supported by SRTM data.
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