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Jabal Arkanu
Jabal Arkanu (also spelled Arkenu) is a 1,435-meter granite mountain in southeastern Libya's Al Kufrah district, near the Egyptian border, and the third highest in Libya.
Jabal Bin Ghunaymah
Jabal Bin Ghunaymah (جبل بن غنيمة, Gebel Ben Ghnema) is a 628 m mountain and range in Murzuq District, south-central Libya, forming a massif with Dor el Goussa and bounding the Sarir Tibesti sub-basin on the west.
Jabal Hamoyet
Jabal Hamoyet (جبل هامويت), also Hamoet or Monte Hamaet, is a 2,780 m mountain on the Sudan–Eritrea border and one of the high named peaks of the Eritrean Highlands.
Jabal Oda
Jabal Oda (Jebel Oda, جبل عود) names several African mountains, chiefly a 2,259 m Red Sea Hills peak in Sudan at 20°20'N, 36°38'E; lesser namesakes include peaks of 1,567 m and 509 m in Sudan and a 1,020 m hill in South Sudan.
Jabal Teljo
Jabal Teljo is a mountain and volcanic intrusion in Northern Darfur, Sudan, part of the Kutum Volcanic Field (Tagabo Hills), at about 14.7°N 25.93°E; reported elevations range from 1,338 to 1,954 m.
Jbel Tidirhine
Jbel Tidirhine (Adrar Tidighine, Djebel Tidighine) is Morocco's Rif mountain chain's highest summit, 2,456 m, in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima near Ketama; limestone peak with endemic Moroccan fir, winter snow, and piste access.
Jebel Katarina
Jebel Katarina (Jabal Katarina, Mount Catherine) is Egypt's highest mountain, about 2,629 m, in South Sinai near Jabal Musa. Named for St Catherine of Alexandria, whose body monks found there in the 9th century.
Jebel Lkst
Jebel Lkst, also spelled Jbel Lkest, is a 2,359-meter mountain in the Anti-Atlas of southern Morocco, dominating the Ameln Valley near Tafraoute in the Souss-Massa region.
Karisimbi
Karisimbi, also Mount Karisimbi, is the tallest Virunga stratovolcano on the DR Congo-Rwanda border, about 4,490-4,507 m, highest point of Rwanda, dormant since roughly 8050 BCE with potassic basanite-to-trachyte lavas.
Karthala
Karthala (Mount Karthala) is an active basaltic shield volcano, 2,350 m, forming the southern two-thirds of Grand Comore (Ngazidja) Island, Comoros, with a 3.5 x 2.8 km summit caldera, eruptions every 6-8 years, and a last eruption in January 2007.
Kegueur Terbi
Kegueur Terbi (also Chegor Tedi, Emi Hessi, Kegueur Tedi) is a mountain in Tibesti Region, Chad, elevation 2,827 m at 21.41667°N, 18.7°E, ranked 5th of 26 Chad peaks by World Measure.
Kimhandu
Kimhandu (Kimhondu), highest peak of Tanzania's Uluguru Mountains and the Eastern Arc chain, about 2,634-2,653 m; local name Nongwe; distinct from an 806 m hill of the same name in Singisa.
Kinyeti
Mount Kinyeti, also called Kinyeti or Mt. Kinyetti, is a 3,187 m peak in the Imatong Mountains of Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, near the Uganda border; it is the country's highest point and was formerly Sudan's highest peak.
Koussi, Emi
Emi Koussi (Emi Koussou) is a 3,415 m pyroclastic shield volcano at the SE end of Chad's Tibesti Range, the highest summit of the Sahara, with nested 12 x 15 km summit calderas, the Era Kohor salt pan, no historical eruptions, and Holocene-credible status.
Kyrkjeskipet Peak
Kyrkjeskipet Peak, named from the Norwegian for "the church nave," is a 3,085 m peak in the eastern Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, ranking among the region's highest summits.
Lalla-Khadîdja
Lalla-Khadîdja (لالة خديجة, Kabyle Tamgut) is a 2,308 m limestone peak in Bouira Province, Algeria, the highest summit of the Djurdjura Range and the Tell Atlas, with 1,720 m prominence and an August pilgrimage tradition.
Lengai, Ol Doinyo
Ol Doinyo Lengai (Oldoinyo Lengai), the Maasai 'Mountain of God', is Tanzania's active East African Rift stratovolcano, the only volcano on Earth erupting natrocarbonatite lava at 495–590 °C, with eruptions continuing since April 2017.
Loloru
Loloru (also spelled Lolaru) is a dormant 1,887 m compound volcano, the southeasternmost on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, with nested calderas, a summit lake, six Holocene explosive eruptions ending about 1050 BCE, and persistent fumarolic activity.
Longonot
Mount Longonot (Oloonong'ot) is a 2,776 m trachytic caldera stratovolcano southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Kenya Rift, last erupted 1863, with 2004–2006 InSAR uplift and a national park.
Mafadi
Mafadi (also Ntheledi) is a 3,446 m peak on the Drakensberg escarpment border and the highest point in South Africa, lower than Lesotho's Thabana Ntlenyana; its name was borrowed from a Lesotho peak in 1971.
Maromokotro
Maromokotro (Maromokotra, Mont Maromokotro, Tsaratanana) is the 2,876 m highest peak of Madagascar, in the Tsaratanana Massif and reserve, Diana Region, northern Madagascar, with endemic flora and fauna.
Marra, Jebel
Jebel Marra (Jebel Mara) is Sudan's highest volcano, a 3,042 m volcanic field in Darfur with the 5-km-wide Deriba caldera formed about 3,500 years ago, dormant with fumaroles, last confirmed eruption dated 2000 BCE (VEI 4).
Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill
Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill, also Te Tōtara i Āhua, is a 182-metre volcanic cone and former pā in Epsom, Auckland, crowned by the 1940 Campbell obelisk and co-governed by the Tūpuna Maunga Authority.
Menengai
Menengai is a trachytic shield volcano with an 8 x 12 km caldera near Nakuru, Kenya, last erupting around 6050 BCE, now a major geothermal field developed by GDC with 1,600 MW estimated potential.
Meru
Meru (Mount Meru), active stratovolcano in northern Tanzania's East African Rift near Arusha; 4,550-4,566 m, second highest in Tanzania; last erupted 1910 from Ash Cone; breached caldera and Momella debris avalanche about 7,800 years ago.
Mont Mohi
Mont Mohi is a 3,480 m peak of the Mitumba mountains in Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo, about 1,500 km east of Kinshasa; also called bibandabanda, with 1,589 m prominence.
Mont Orohena
Mont Orohena, Tahitian Orohena, is the 2,241 m highest peak of Tahiti and French Polynesia, in Tahiti-Nui's Mahina commune, a sacred 'Oro site with marae, 502 ka ignimbrite cap, and a roped three-day guided ascent.
Monte Binga
Monte Binga (Mount Binga), 2,436 m, is Mozambique's highest point, a quartzite summit on the Zimbabwe border in the Chimanimani Mountains of Manica Province, within Chimanimani National Park.
Mount Allo
Mount Allo (Monte Allo) is a mountain in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula, at 63°58'S 61°48'W, mapped by the Belgian expedition 1897-99, named for Narcisse Allô of Antwerp.
Mount Bartle Frere
Mount Bartle Frere, in the Bellenden Ker Range, Wooroonooran National Park, is Queensland's highest peak (1,611–1,622 m) in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, with Australia's highest rainfall and a demanding Grade 5 summit trail.