Home / Highest mountains Highest mountain in every African country Kilimanjaro is the famous one, but Africa's 54 country highpoints run from volcanic craters and desert plateaus to jungle-ringed peaks that see a handful of ascents a year.
54 African country highpoints are listed below, tallest first. 2 of them have been summited on this project.
Highest Mountain in Every African Country (54) # Country Highest mountain Elevation Feet 1 Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895 m 19,341 ft 2 Kenya Batian (Mount Kenya) 5,199 m 17,057 ft 3 Uganda Margherita Peak 5,109 m 16,762 ft 4 DR Congo Margherita Peak 5,109 m 16,762 ft 5 Ethiopia Ras Dashen 4,550 m 14,928 ft 6 Rwanda Karisimbi 4,507 m 14,787 ft 7 Morocco Jebel Toubkal summited 4,167 m 13,671 ft 8 Cameroon Mount Cameroon 4,040 m 13,255 ft 9 Lesotho Thabana Ntlenyana 3,482 m 11,424 ft 10 South Africa Mafadi 3,450 m 11,319 ft 11 Chad Emi Koussi 3,445 m 11,302 ft 12 South Sudan Kinyeti 3,187 m 10,456 ft 13 Sudan Deriba Caldera 3,042 m 9,980 ft 14 Eritrea Emba Soira 3,018 m 9,902 ft 15 Equatorial Guinea Pico Basilé 3,011 m 9,879 ft 16 Algeria Mount Tahat 3,003 m 9,852 ft 17 Malawi Sapitwa 3,002 m 9,849 ft 18 Madagascar Maromokotro 2,876 m 9,436 ft 19 Cape Verde Pico do Fogo summited 2,829 m 9,281 ft 20 Burundi Mount Heha 2,670 m 8,760 ft 21 Egypt Mount Catherine 2,629 m 8,625 ft 22 Angola Morro de Môco 2,620 m 8,596 ft 23 Zimbabwe Mount Nyangani 2,592 m 8,504 ft 24 Namibia Brandberg (Königstein) 2,573 m 8,442 ft 25 Somalia Shimbiris 2,460 m 8,071 ft 26 Mozambique Monte Binga 2,436 m 7,992 ft 27 Nigeria Chappal Waddi 2,419 m 7,936 ft 28 Comoros Karthala 2,361 m 7,746 ft 29 Zambia Mafinga Central 2,339 m 7,674 ft 30 Libya Bikku Bitti 2,267 m 7,438 ft 31 Djibouti Moussa Ali 2,028 m 6,654 ft 32 São Tomé and Príncipe Pico de São Tomé 2,024 m 6,640 ft 33 Niger Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès 2,022 m 6,634 ft 34 Sierra Leone Loma Mansa 1,947 m 6,388 ft 35 Eswatini Emlembe 1,862 m 6,109 ft 36 Côte d'Ivoire Mount Nimba 1,752 m 5,748 ft 37 Guinea Mount Nimba 1,752 m 5,748 ft 38 Gabon Mont Iboundji 1,575 m 5,167 ft 39 Tunisia Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m 5,066 ft 40 Botswana Otse Hill 1,491 m 4,892 ft 41 Liberia Mount Wuteve 1,440 m 4,724 ft 42 Central African Republic Mont Ngaoui 1,410 m 4,626 ft 43 Mali Hombori Tondo 1,155 m 3,789 ft 44 Republic of the Congo Mont Nabemba 1,020 m 3,346 ft 45 Togo Mont Atilakoutse 991 m 3,251 ft 46 Mauritania Kediet ej Jill 915 m 3,002 ft 47 Seychelles Morne Seychellois 905 m 2,969 ft 48 Ghana Mount Afadjato 885 m 2,904 ft 49 Mauritius Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire 828 m 2,717 ft 50 Burkina Faso Ténakourou 749 m 2,457 ft 51 Benin Mont Sokbaro 658 m 2,159 ft 52 Senegal Unnamed peak near Nepen Diakha 648 m 2,126 ft 53 Guinea-Bissau Dongol Ronde 266 m 873 ft 54 Gambia Sare Firasu Hill 51 m 167 ft
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