Mountain ranges in Africa
Africa has 41 notable mountain ranges. Browse them by area, topped by Ethiopian Highlands (375,122 km²) — each with a map and details.
- Count
- 41
- Largest
- 375,122 km²
- Avg area
- 52,334 km²
All mountain ranges by area
- 1Ethiopian Highlands375,122 km²
- 2Atlas Mountains193,491 km²
- 3Albertine Rift128,248 km²
- 4Central Range111,565 km²
- 5Gregory Rift92,593 km²
- 6Horn of Africa87,514 km²
- 7Drakensberg Mountains84,277 km²
- 8East Sahara Mountains83,336 km²
- 9Cameroon Line79,115 km²
- 10Cameroon Highlands76,582 km²
- 11Tell Atlas59,830 km²
- 12Southwestern Great Escarpment53,018 km²
- 13Cape Fold Belt49,734 km²
- 14Lake Malawi Ranges49,314 km²
- 15High Atlas46,460 km²
- 16West Sahara Mountains44,973 km²
- 17Great Escarpment43,451 km²
- 18Plateau of Mozambique42,885 km²
- 19Northeastern Great Escarpment41,471 km²
- 20Southern Great Escarpment40,407 km²
- 21Guinea Highlands38,859 km²
- 22Lesser Atlas37,547 km²
- 23Eastern Arc Mountains36,210 km²
- 24Lower Guinea Swell31,702 km²
- 25Saharan Atlas31,419 km²
- 26Kwazulu-Natal Midlands30,449 km²
- 27Eastern Escarpment (Madagascar)22,105 km²
- 28Rif21,561 km²
- 29Middle Atlas18,235 km²
- 30Eastern Cape Hills17,778 km²
- 31High Plateaux of Katanga11,654 km²
- 32Macaronesia11,317 km²
- 33Western Lowlands10,973 km²
- 34Sudan10,333 km²
- 35Volta Highlands8,604 km²
- 36Nigerian Highlands8,464 km²
- 37South Atlantic Ocean5,579 km²
- 38Western Indian Ocean Islands4,815 km²
- 39Cameroon Island Chain2,533 km²
- 40Bié Plateau2,092 km²
- 41Asande Highland78 km²