This is an incomplete list of the highest mountains of Africa. Peaks with less than of topographic prominence (such as Mount Kenya's Nelion and Lenana peaks) are considered sub-peaks rather than independent mountains, and thus are not included.

The highest African mountain is Kilimanjaro, which has three peaks, named Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira, of which Kibo is the tallest and Mawenzi is sufficiently prominent to be a mountain. Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa which also has three main peaks, namely Batian, Nelion and Lenana Point.

Some regions are still poorly described and the list is likely to be both incomplete and not completely accurate. This is especially true for the Ethiopian Highlands, where heights on maps and in the literature differ between each other by up to 500 m. All elevations have been checked or chosen to match the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission-based contour lines in the Google terrain maps.

List

RankMountainHeightProminenceRangeCountryCoordinatesParent mountainFirst ascentm ftm ft1Kilimanjaro (Kibo)KilimanjaroTanzania18892Mount KenyaMount KenyaKenyaKibo18993Mawenzi KilimanjaroTanzaniaKibo19124Ngaliema / Mt StanleyRwenzoriDR CongoUgandaKibo19065Duwoni / Mt SpekeRwenzoriUgandaStanley19066Kiyanja / Mt BakerRwenzoriUgandaStanley19067Mount EminRwenzoriDR CongoSpeke19068RwenzoriUgandaEmin19069Mount MeruMount MeruTanzaniaKibo190410Ras DashenSemien MountainsEthiopiaKenya184111KarisimbiVirunga MountainsDR CongoRwandaStanley1903 André Meyer, Exploration of the Albert National Park - Mission for volcanic studies, Brussels 1955. Page 23 12Kidis YaredSemien MountainsEthiopiaRas Dashen13MikenoVirunga MountainsDR CongoKarisimbi1927 14BwahitSemien MountainsEthiopiaKidis Yared15Portal PeaksRwenzoriUgandaGessi194516Tullu DemtuTullu Demtu and Batu are two hills 6 km apart on a high plateau in the Bale Mountains and separated by a ca. 4135 m high depression. According to SRTM data Batu appears the somewhat lower of the two (ca. 4350 m)Bale MountainsEthiopiaRas Dashen17Mount ElgonMount ElgonUgandaKenya191118Amba FaritKollo MassifEthiopiaBwahit19Abune Yosef / Guliba AmbaLasta MassifEthiopiaRas Dashen20BadaArsi MountainsEthiopiaTullu Demtu21Kaka / Kecha / ChiqeArsi MountainsEthiopiaBada22Jbel ToubkalToubkal AtlasMoroccoStanley192323MuhavuraVirunga MountainsRwandaUgandaKarisimbi1898 24Hey / HaySemien MountainsEthiopiaWeynobar25GunaGuna MassifEthiopiaAbune Yosef26Choqa / Choke / BirhanChoqa MountainsEthiopiaBwahit27ChilaloArsi MountainsEthiopiaBada28InatyeSemien MountainsEthiopiaBwahit29Ighil MgounCentral High AtlasMoroccoToubkal30Mount CameroonCameroon lineCameroonStanley186131Oldoinyo LesatimaAberdare RangeKenyaMt Kenya32Jebel n'Tarourt / Tifnout / IferouaneOnce thought to be the highest peak of the High Atlas. Until recently estimated at 4,001 mToubkal AtlasMoroccoToubkal33MuggiaLasta MassifEthiopiaAbune Yosef34DubbaiTigray MountainsEthiopiaAbune Yosef35Mount KinangopAberdare RangeKenyaLesatima36CimbiaKollo MassifEthiopiaAmba Farit37Ieciuol ?Kollo MassifEthiopiaCimbia38Jbel TignoustiCentral High AtlasMoroccoMgoun39Filfo / EncuoloArsi MountainsEthiopiaBada40Kosso AmbaLasta MassifEthiopiaPt 395041Baylamtu / GavsigivlaLasta MassifEthiopiaAbune Yosef42Central High AtlasMoroccoIrhil MGoun43SomkaruBale MountainsEthiopiaTullu Demtu44AbieriSemien MountainsEthiopiaRas Dashen45Arin AyachiEast High AtlasMoroccoOuaougoulzat46TeideTenerifeSpain (Canary Islands)Island high point158247Visoke / BisokeVirunga MountainsDR CongoRwandaKarisimbi1908 48SarengaTigray MountainsEthiopiaDubbai49Woti / UotiEastern EscarpmentEthiopiaPt 384050Mount LoolmalassinCrater HighlandsTanzaniaMeru51Biala?Lasta MassifEthiopiaBaylamtu52Azurki / AzourkiCentral High AtlasMoroccoOuaougoulzat53Pt 3645Lasta MassifEthiopiaKoso Amba54SabyinyoVirunga MountainsRwandaDR CongoUgandaKarisimbi1907 55Mount Gurage / GuragheGurage MountainsEthiopiaUoti56Jbel IgdatWest High AtlasMoroccoToubkal188857Jbel n'AnghomarCentral High AtlasMoroccoIghil MGoun58Pt 3600 (Kitir?)Eastern EscarpmentEthiopiaUoti59Pt 3600Lasta MassifEthiopiaKoso Amba60Bar Meda high pointEastern EscarpmentEthiopiaPt 3600 (Kitir ?)61Jbel ErdouzWest High AtlasMoroccoIgdat62Mount GuguMount GuguEthiopiaBada63Gesh Megal (?)Gurage MountainsEthiopiaGurage64GugheBalta MountainsEthiopiaGurage65MegezezEastern EscarpmentEthiopiaUoti66Jbel TinergwetWest High AtlasMoroccoIgdat67Amba AlagiOften given a height of 3,949 m, which is not supported by SRTM dataTigray MountainsEthiopiaDubbai68Chemnirot (Kamelogon Pk)Peak heights given in the literature include 3581m, 3517m, 3505m and 3450m. SRTM contour lines suggest 3510-3540 m. Summit at 1°16'20" N, 35°31'07" E looks equally high. Cherangani HillsKenyaElgon69Gara Guda/Kara GadaSalale MountainsEthiopiaMegezez70AmonewasOften given a height of 3,664 m, which is not supported by SRTM dataChoqa MountainsEthiopiaChoke71AmedamitOften given a height of 3,619 m, which is not supported by SRTM dataChoqa MountainsEthiopiaChoke72IgoudameneCentral High AtlasMoroccoMgoun73Thabana NtlenyanaDrakensbergLesotho 74Mont MohiMitumba MountainsWithin the Itombwe Massif subrangeDR CongoKarisimbi75NyiragongoVirunga MountainsDR CongoKarisimbi1894 76Mount HanangCrater HighlandsTanzania Hanang

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References

Sources Jamish Brown, Climbing in the Atlas Mountains, The Alpine Journal, 2002, pp. 81–91. Des Clark, Mountaineering in the Moroccan High Atlas, Cicerone, 2011 Bernhard Lindahl, Local History of Ethiopia, 2005/2008 (for verification of names) Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence at Peaklist.org

(an unverified list)