Aurès Mountains
The Aures Mountains are a subrange of the Saharan Atlas in northeastern Algeria. The mountain range gives its name to the mountainous natural and historical region of the Aurès.
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,395 metres
- Description: mountain range in Algeria
- Also known as: “Aurasius Mons”, “Aurė kalnai”, “Aures Mountains”, “Aures planine”, “Aurès planine”, “Aurèsbergen”, “Aureso kalnai”, “Auresvuoret”, “Djebel Aurès”, “Ores planine”, “Tabissa”, “Tabissabergen”, “Ωρές”, “الأوراس”, “اوراس”, “بوحمامة ولاية خنشلة”, “ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”, “アウレス山脈”, and “オーレス山脈”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Djebel Chélia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inoughissen and M’sara.
Inoughissen
Village
Photo: Xaviateur, Public domain.
Aurès Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Batna, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.31215° or 35° 18′ 44″ north
Longitude
6.6369° or 6° 38′ 13″ east
Elevation
1,395 metres (4,577 feet)
Open location code
8F788J6P+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Aurès Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aurèsgebergte”
- Arabic: “جبال الأوراس”
- Asturian: “Aurès”
- Basque: “Aures”
- Breton: “Menezioù Aoures”
- Bulgarian: “Аурес”
- Catalan: “Aurès”
- Cebuano: “Aurès”
- Central Atlas Tamazight: “ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”
- Chinese: “奧雷斯山脈”
- Czech: “Aures”
- Czech: “Aurès”
- Danish: “Aurèsbjergene”
- Dutch: “Aurèsgebergte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الاوراس”
- Esperanto: “Aŭrezo”
- Finnish: “Aurèsvuoret”
- French: “Aurès”
- Georgian: “ორესის მთები”
- German: “Aurès”
- Greek: “Όρη Ωρές”
- Hindi: “ओरेस पर्वतमाला”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Aurès”
- Italian: “Aurès”
- Japanese: “オーレス山地”
- Kabyle: “Awras”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Aurès”
- Lithuanian: “Oreso kalnai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aurès”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aurès”
- Persian: “کوههای اوراس”
- Polish: “Dżabal al-Auras”
- Portuguese: “Aurès”
- Portuguese: “Orés”
- Russian: “Орес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aures”
- Sindhi: “اوراس جبلن جو سلسلو”
- Slovenian: “Aurès (gorovje)”
- Slovenian: “Aurès”
- Spanish: “Aurés”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”
- Swedish: “Aurès”
- Turkish: “Aurès Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Орес”
- Venetian: “Aurès”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Touaghlil and Mechtat Akssara.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: تيزي انيدقل and Jbel Bakhsour.
Algeria: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Algiers and Oran.
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