Jbel Kissane

Jbel Kissane
جبل كيسان
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Jbel Kissane; جبل كيسان; ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⴽⵉⵙⴰⵏ
	View of Jbel Kissane
Highest point
Elevation	1,485 m (4,872 ft)
Coordinates	30°42′10″N 06°19′41″W / 30.70278°N 6.32806°W
Geography
	Jbel Kissane Morocco
Parent range	Anti-Atlas
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	From Agdz

Mount Kissane (Jbel Kissane) is a mountain in southeastern Morocco, in the region of Drâa-Tafilalet. It is a distinctive mountain located in the Anti-Atlas range along the valley of the Draa River.^[1]

Toponymy

The word Kissane كيسان means "glasses" in Arabic and the mountain is so named because it is deemed to look like the glasses of tea behind a tea pot in the Moroccan style of serving tea.^[2]

Geography

Mount Kissane is a small rocky mountain range with a synclinal pattern.^[3] It has a length of 14 km and a maximum width of about 1.8 km. On the top of the mountain there are two ridges cut by a ravine in the middle. There are several peaks; the highest summit is located at the western end of the range, reaching 1485 m.^[4]

Importance in the region

The Jbel Kissane is a characteristic mountain whose shape dominates the eastern landscape of the town of Agdz. Its bare rock takes a variety of pastel hues such as pink, salmon and violet, depending from the angle of the sunlight and the time of the day.^[5] It is as well a dominant feature of the panoramic views from nearby villages such as Ouliz, Taliouine, Ait Ali, Tinfoula, Aremd, Tisserghate, Ait el Kharj, Igamodene, Tamnougalt, Talate, Talamzit, Timiderte, Ighrghr and Afra.^[6]

Features

References

^ Au seuil de la vallée du Drâa Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Draa Valley Cultural Landscape: Agdez, Zagora, Mhamid, and Other Oases, Morocco". Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
^ Anti-Atlas - Encyclopedie Berbere
^ Wikimapia - Jbel Kissane
^ Jbel Kissane Maroc
^ GoogleEarth

External links

Media related to Jbel Kissane at Wikimedia Commons
Que faire à Agdz ?
Through the Tichka

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[1] Au seuil de la vallée du Drâa Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Draa Valley Cultural Landscape: Agdez, Zagora, Mhamid, and Other Oases, Morocco". Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture. Retrieved November 26, 2024.

[3] Anti-Atlas - Encyclopedie Berbere

[4] Wikimapia - Jbel Kissane

[5] Jbel Kissane Maroc

[6] GoogleEarth

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v t e Mountains of Morocco
High Atlas	Toubkal (4167 m) Ouanoukrim (4089 m) Ighil M'Goun (4071 m) Afella (4043 m) Akioud (4030 m) Jbel Tifnout (4001 m) Tazarhart (3995 m) Aksoual (3910 m) Ineghmar (3892 m) Bou Iguenwan (3882 m) Uwawgulzat (3763 m) Tichki (3753 m) Ayachi (3747 m) Azrou Tamadout (3664 m) Gourza (3280 m) Jbel Oukaïmeden (3200 m) Jebel Yagour (2700 m) Tassemit (2205 m)
Middle Atlas	Bou Naceur (3340 m) Mouasker (3277 m) Bou Iblan (3081 m) Tanourdi (2250 m)
Anti-Atlas	Aklim (2531 m) Jbel Kissane (1485 m) Sirwa (3304 m) Amalou-n-Mansour (2712 m) Kouaouch (2592 m) Imgout (2530 m) Mount Amchad (1238 m) Mount Zagora (1030 m)
Saharan Atlas	Grouz (1888 m)
Rif	Colline du Charf (93 m) Tidirhine (2456 m) Kelti (1912 m) Ras Foughal (1535 m) Gourougou (900 m) Jbel Musa (851 m) Jebel Zem-Zem (435 m) Zerhoun (1025 m)
Other peaks & ranges	Jbel Lakhdar (893 m) Béni-Snassen Djebel Ouarkziz Djebel Bani Jbel Saghro Kebdana Range
Geography of Morocco Atlas Mountains Dadès Gorges Kem Kem Tislit Lake Oukaimeden Tizguit Valley Tizi-n-Test Tizi n'Tichka Todgha Gorge