Acacus Mountains
The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara. They are situated east of the city of Ghat, Libya, and stretch north from the border with Algeria, about 100 kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,148 metres
- Description: mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya
- Also known as: “Acacus mountains”, “Jabal Akakus”, “Jabal Akākūs”, “Tadrart Acacus”, and “Tadrart Akakus”
Acacus Mountains
- Categories: mountain range, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Ghat District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Acacus Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تدرارت أكاكوس”
- Arabic: “جبال أكاكوس”
- Arabic: “جبل أكاكوس”
- Asturian: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Azerbaijani: “Akakus dağları”
- Bashkir: “Тадрарт Акакус”
- Bashkir: “Тадрарт-Акакус”
- Basque: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Bulgarian: “Тадрарт Акакус”
- Burmese: “အာကေးကပ်စ်တောင်တန်း”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Acacus”
- Catalan: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Catalan: “Tadrart”
- Cebuano: “Jibāl Akākus”
- Chinese: “Akakus soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Chinese: “塔德拉尔特阿卡库斯”
- Chinese: “塔德拉爾特阿卡庫斯”
- Croatian: “Tadrart Akakus”
- Dagbani: “Acacus Mountains”
- Danish: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Dutch: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال اكاكوس”
- Esperanto: “Tadrart Akakus”
- Fanti: “Acacus Mbepɔw”
- Farefare: “Acacus Tãŋa”
- Finnish: “Tadrart Acacus”
- French: “Akakous”
- French: “Akakus”
- French: “Djebel Acacus”
- French: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Georgian: “ტადრარტ-აკაკუსი”
- Georgian: “ტადრატ აკაკუსი”
- Georgian: “ტადრატ-აკაკუსი”
- German: “Acacus”
- German: “Akkakus”
- German: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Greek: “Μνημεία Πέτρινης Τέχνης του Τάντραρτ Ακάκους”
- Hebrew: “תדרארת אכאכוס”
- Hungarian: “Akkakusz-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Acacus”
- Italian: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Japanese: “タドラット・アカクス”
- Japanese: “タドラット・アカクスのロック-アート遺跡群”
- Japanese: “タドラルト・アカクス”
- Lithuanian: “Akakuso kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Tadrart Akakusas”
- Lithuanian: “Tadrat Akakusas”
- Macedonian: “Тадрарт Акакус”
- Maithili: “टाडरर्ट एकाकसक चट्टान-कला क्षेत्रसभ”
- Malay: “Pergunungan Akakus”
- Maltese: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akakus soaⁿ-me̍h”
- Mossi: “Acacus Mountains”
- Nepali: “टाडरर्ट एकाकसको चट्टान-कला क्षेत्रहरू”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Norwegian: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tadrart Acacus”
- Persian: “تدرارت اکاکوس”
- Persian: “کوه های اکاکوس”
- Persian: “کوههای اکاکوس”
- Polish: “Akakus”
- Polish: “Dżabal Akakus”
- Polish: “Tadrart Akakus”
- Portuguese: “Sítios de arte rupestre de tadrart acacus”
- Portuguese: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Russian: “Акакус”
- Russian: “Тадрарт-Акакус”
- Serbian: “Tadrart Akakus”
- Serbian: “Тадрарт Акакус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tadrart Akakus”
- Slovenian: “Gore Akakus”
- Spanish: “Sitio rupestre de Tadrart Acacus”
- Spanish: “Tadrart Acacus”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⴰⴽⵓⵙ”
- Swedish: “Akakus”
- Swedish: “Klippmålningarna i Tadrart Acacus”
- Tamil: “தட்ரார்த் அகாக்கஸ்”
- Tatar: “Тадрарт-Акакус тау сырты”
- Turkish: “Acacus Dağları”
- Twi: “Acacus Mmepɔw so”
- Ukrainian: “Тадрарт-Акакус”
- Venetian: “Tadrart Acacus”
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