Acacus Mountains

The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus form a mountain range in the desert of the in western , part of the . They are situated east of the city of , and stretch north from the border with , about 100 kilometres.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya
  • Also known as: “Acacus mountains”, “Tadrart Acacus”, and “Tadrart Akakus”

Acacus Mountains

Latitude
24.83343° or 24° 50′ 0″ north
Longitude
10.33332° or 10° 20′ east
Open location code
7FPGR8MM+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7702655158
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q308807
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Acacus Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تدرارت أكاكوس”
  • Arabic: “جبال 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”
  • Galician: “Montes 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”
  • Korean: “아카쿠스 산맥”
  • 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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