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Ultras of Africa

Peaks with over 1500 meters of Clean Prominence

Rank	Peak	Prom-M	Elev-M	Country	Range (Level 3)	Ascents
1.	Kilimanjaro	5885	5895	Tanzania	Northeast Tanzania	942
2.	Ras Dashen	3990	4543	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	31
3.	Mount Stanley	3924	5109	Congo DRC/Uganda	East Rift Valley Ranges	47
4.	Mount Cameroon	3901	4040	Cameroon	Cameroon Mountains	36
5.	Mount Kenya	3825	5199	Kenya	East Central Kenya	52
6.	Jebel Toubkal	3755	4167	Morocco	High Atlas	275
7.	Volcan Karisimbi	3312	4507	Congo DRC/Rwanda	East Rift Valley Ranges	19
8.	Mount Meru	3170	4565	Tanzania	Northeast Tanzania	97
9.	Pico Basilé	3008	3008	Equatorial Guinea	Bight of Benin	6
10.	Emi Koussi	2934	3445	Chad	Tibesti	2
11.	Tullu Dimtu	2504	4377	Ethiopia	Southern Ethiopian Highlands	3
12.	Mont Oku	2491	3011	Cameroon	Cameroon Mountains	3
13.	Jabal Marrah	2482	3012	Sudan	Libyan Desert	0
14.	Mount Elgon	2458	4321	Uganda	Central East Africa Plateau	8
15.	Thabana Ntlenyana	2390	3482	Lesotho	Drakensberg	34
16.	Tahat	2328	2908	Algeria	Central Sahara Desert	4
17.	Sapitwa Peak	2319	3002	Malawi	Malawi Highlands	26
18.	Choqa	2225	4100	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	5
19.	Argun	2208	3418	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
20.	Kinyeti	2120	3187	South Sudan	Central East Africa Plateau	0
21.	Lukwangule Peak	2113	2645	Tanzania	Northeast Tanzania	2
22.	Lesatima	2081	4001	Kenya	East Central Kenya	7
23.	Abune Yosef	2071	4280	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	4
24.	Hanang	2047	3417	Tanzania	Central East Africa Plateau	11
25.	Pico de São Tomé	2024	2024	Sao Tome and Principe	Bight of Benin	5
26.	Guje	2013	3568	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
27.	Loolmalasin	2006	3648	Tanzania	Central East Africa Plateau	14
28.	Gelai	1930	2948	Tanzania	East Central Kenya	10
29.	Ramlu	1920	2248	Eritrea	Denakil	0
30.	Amba Farit	1919	4270	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	4
31.	Irhil M'Goun	1904	4071	Morocco	High Atlas	20
32.	Jebel Tidirhine	1901	2456	Morocco	Northwestern Atlas	12
33.	Moroto	1818	3083	Uganda	Central East Africa Plateau	6
34.	Kitumbeine	1783	2871	Tanzania	East Central Kenya	10
35.	Brandberg	1769	2573	Namibia	Kalahari	11
36.	Serra Namuli	1757	2419	Mozambique	Malawi Highlands	1
37.	Mtelo	1750	3325	Kenya	Central East Africa Plateau	6
37.	Shengena	1750	2464	Tanzania	Northeast Tanzania	7
39.	Sungwi	1731	2301	Tanzania	Northeast Tanzania	7
40.	Emogadong	1730	2623	South Sudan	Central East Africa Plateau	0
41.	Dutoitspiek	1724	1994	South Africa	Cape Ranges	5
42.	Lalla Khedidja	1720	2308	Algeria	Maritime Atlas	0
43.	Kadam	1690	3063	Uganda	Central East Africa Plateau	6
43.	Mount Smith	1690	2560	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
45.	Mtorwi	1688	2980	Tanzania	Southern Tanzania	2
46.	Tulu Welel	1681	3240	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
47.	Loma Mansa	1665	1945	Sierra Leone	Guinea Highlands	6
48.	Jabal Shaib al Banat	1647	2087	Egypt	Eastern Desert	4
49.	Adrar Bou Nasser	1642	3340	Morocco	Northwestern Atlas	7
50.	Aggio	1630	3358	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
51.	Jebel Igdet	1613	3619	Morocco	High Atlas	9
52.	Djebel Chélia	1612	2328	Algeria	Saharan Atlas	0
53.	Argun North	1610	3405	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
53.	Mount Tama	1610	2489	Angola	Angola Plateau	4
55.	Moussa Ali	1607	2021	Eritrea/Ethiopia/Djibouti	Denakil	1
56.	Bada	1605	4195	Ethiopia	Southern Ethiopian Highlands	0
57.	Kabobo	1604	2725	Congo DRC	West Rift Valley Ranges	0
58.	Beleya Terara	1601	2731	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	0
59.	Karkoor	1598	2120	Somalia	Ahmar-Somali	0
60.	Pic Toussidé	1593	3315	Chad	Tibesti	0
61.	Mont Mohi	1592	3480	Congo DRC	West Rift Valley Ranges	0
62.	Mai Gudo	1589	3359	Ethiopia	Central Ethiopian Highlands	0
63.	Wuhevi	1570	3095	Congo DRC	West Rift Valley Ranges	0
64.	Seweweekspoortpiek	1545	2325	South Africa	Cape Ranges	14
65.	Mount Kulal	1542	2285	Kenya	East Central Kenya	3
66.	Tigray High Point	1541	3941	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	0
67.	Gran Caldera de Luba	1539	2261	Equatorial Guinea	Bight of Benin	0
68.	Muhabura	1530	4127	Uganda/Rwanda	East Rift Valley Ranges	8
69.	Karenga	1529	2279	Tanzania	Southern Tanzania	0
70.	Nakugen	1521	3530	Kenya	Central East Africa Plateau	5
70.	Mount Nyangani	1521	2593	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Plateau	17
72.	Guna Terara	1510	4120	Ethiopia	Northern Ethiopian Highlands	4
72.	Delo	1510	3240	Ethiopia	Southern Ethiopian Highlands	0
72.	Moro de Môco	1510	2620	Angola	Angola Plateau	5
75.	Muleta	1502	3405	Ethiopia	Ahmar-Somali	0
76.	Mount Ng'iro	1501	2848	Kenya	East Central Kenya	5

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List Description

Africa, as defined here, includes just the main continental landmass, plus the "Cameroon Line" of volcanoes (which includes peaks on islands and the mainland). Madagascar, Cape Verde, the Canaries, and other island groups are included in the "Arctic/Atlantic/Indian Ocean Islands" Ultras list.

Acknowledgments

The master list of the world's "Ultras" was originally compiled in the 2000-2006 timeframe by Jonathan de Ferranti, Aaron Maizlish, and Eberhard Jurgalski, with the assistance of several other prominence enthusiasts and Edward Earl’s Winprom program. Their listings were published on Peaklist.org. The lists on this site incorporate several updates, additions, and deletions since then, many of them resulting from a worldwide programmatic analysis done by Andrew Kirmse in 2017. All prominence-based climbers owe these pioneers a huge debt of gratitude.

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