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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]

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
Geography
Jbel Kissane Morocco
Parent range	Anti-Atlas
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	From Agdz

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.(source?)

Geography

Mount Kissane is a small rocky mountain range with a synclinal pattern.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Features

References

External links

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

На других языках

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[de] Jbel Kissane

Der zum Antiatlas gehörende Berggipfel des Jbel Kissane (arabisch جبل كيسان) bei der Kleinstadt Agdz in der Provinz Zagora in der Region Drâa-Tafilalet ist mit seinen ca. 1485 m (nach anderen Angaben 1531 m) Höhe einer der höchsten und markantesten Erhebungen Südmarokkos. Er bildet die höchste Spitze eines ca. 14 km langen Bergzugs.

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- [en] Jbel Kissane

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[es] Jbel Kissane

El Monte Kissane (Jbel Kissane) es una montaña en el sureste de Marruecos, en la región de Drâa-Tafilalet. Es una montaña característica localizada en el Anti-Atlas a lo largo del valle del río Draa.[1]

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[fr] Djebel Kissane

Le djebel Kissane (en arabe : جبل كيسان) est une montagne de l'Anti-Atlas, dans le Sud du Maroc, culminant à 1 485 m d'altitude.

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