Atlas Mountains

Note

Position from Wikidata Q130135 for the modern range. Herodotus (4.184) describes Mount Atlas as slender and conical, "the pillar of heaven", and names the Atlantes after it; Pliny (5.1) calls it "the most fabulous locality even in Africa". Which mountain Herodotus meant is not settled by his text. Berlioux (1883) identified Atlantis with the land of the Atlas.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Atlas Mountains [Place PLC0DCP7WZ3YW9Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCP7WZ3YW9Y

@misc{mysteriesdept_plc0dcp7wz3yw9y,
  title     = {Atlas Mountains},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DCP7WZ3YW9Y},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCP7WZ3YW9Y}
}