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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,395 metres
- Description: mountain range in Algeria
- Also known as: “Aurasius Mons”, “Aurès”, “Aures Mountains”, and “Djebel Aurès”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Djebel Chélia.
Djebel Chélia
Peak
Photo: Benboulaid, Public domain.
Djebel Chélia is a mountain in Algeria. It is the highest point in the Aurès Mountains and the second highest peak in Algeria after Mount Tahat. Djebel Chélia is situated in the west of Khenchela, in Bouhmama county. Abiod Valley begins at the foot of Djebel Chélia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inoughissen and M’sara.
Inoughissen
Village
Photo: Xaviateur, Public domain.
Inoughissen is a town in north-eastern Algeria.
M’sara
Village
Photo: Ghezaltar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
M'Sara is a town and commune in Khenchela Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census, it has a population of 4,194.
Bouhmama
Town
Photo: Blackmysterieux, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bouhmama is a town and commune in Khenchela Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 9,669.
Aurès Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Batna, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.31215° or 35° 18′ 44″ northLongitude
6.6369° or 6° 38′ 13″ eastElevation
1,395 metres (4,577 feet)Open location code
8F788J6P+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 5132953521OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Aurès Mountains” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aurèsgebergte”
- Arabic: “الأوراس”
- Arabic: “اوراس”
- Arabic: “بوحمامة ولاية خنشلة”
- Arabic: “جبال الأوراس”
- Arabic: “جبال الاوراس”
- Asturian: “Aurès”
- Basque: “Aures”
- Basque: “Aurès”
- Basque: “Awras”
- Breton: “Menezioù Aoures”
- Bulgarian: “Аурес”
- Catalan: “Aures”
- Catalan: “Aurès”
- Cebuano: “Aurès”
- Central Atlas Tamazight: “ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”
- Chinese: “奧雷斯山脈”
- Czech: “Aures”
- Czech: “Aurès”
- Czech: “جبال الأوراس”
- Czech: “ⵉⴷⵓⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”
- Danish: “Aurèsbjergene”
- Dutch: “Aurès”
- Dutch: “Aurèsgebergte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الاوراس”
- Esperanto: “Aŭrezo”
- Finnish: “Auresvuoret”
- Finnish: “Aurèsvuoret”
- French: “Aures”
- French: “Aurès”
- Georgian: “ორესის მთები”
- German: “Aures”
- German: “Aurès”
- Greek: “Όρη Ωρές”
- Greek: “Ωρές”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Aurès”
- Italian: “Aurès”
- Japanese: “アウレス山脈”
- Japanese: “オーレス山地”
- Japanese: “オーレス山脈”
- Kabyle: “Awras”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Aurès”
- Lithuanian: “Aurė kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Aureso kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Oreso kalnai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aurès”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aurès”
- Persian: “کوههای اوراس”
- Polish: “Dżabal al-Auras”
- Portuguese: “Aures”
- Portuguese: “Aurès”
- Portuguese: “Orés”
- Russian: “Аурес”
- Russian: “Орес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aures planine”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aurès planine”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aures”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aurès”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ores planine”
- Slovenian: “Aurès (gorovje)”
- Slovenian: “Aurès”
- Spanish: “Aures”
- Spanish: “Aurés”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ”
- Swedish: “Aures”
- Swedish: “Aurès”
- Swedish: “Aurèsbergen”
- Swedish: “Awras”
- Swedish: “Tabissa”
- Swedish: “Tabissabergen”
- Turkish: “Aurès Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Орес”
- Venetian: “Aurès”
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