The Atlas mountains are a mountain system in northwest Africa
extending about 2400km through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia,
and including The Rock of Gibraltar.
The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of 4165 m (13,665 ft),
located in southwestern Morocco.
The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean &
Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.
Because North America and Africa were connected, the Atlas mountains form part of the same mountain chain as the Appalachians in North America.
