Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès (also Mont Bagzane, Mont Bagzan) is the highest mountain in

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. Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès is located in the south central

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, and is at the northern end of the Bagzane plateau. The village and pilgrimage site of Abatol sits at the base of the peak. The Aouderas valley, the path of a seasonal wash (or Kouri) runs south from the foot of Idoukal-n-Taghès towards

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, the regional capital. The oasis town of

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is just southwest of the mountain. Due to its high elevation, mount Idoukal'n'Taghes has been found to host a number of Saharan-Mediterranean and Tropical plant species that have never been recorded elsewhere in Niger. Official Nigerien and international sources believed

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, far to the north, to be the highest peak in the nation as late as 2001, when Gréboun's long standing lower measurement confirmed at , which had variously been measured as high as . Greboun has a much greater local relief, rising from near the desert floor, while Idoukal-n-Taghès sits atop a high massif with an average altitude above meters. To honour the highest point in Niger, the official aircraft of the

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is named ''Mont Bagzane''.Photos of the Boeing 737-2N9C numbered 5U-BAG
with readable title on nose.

References

External links

View of Mont Bagzane (2004)

View of Mont Bagzane, Jensen Young (nd)

* ttp://www.utsidan.se/cldoc/1160.htm Swedish travelogue, including image from top of peak (2006)
bagzanvoyages.free.fr Travel guide
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Detailed topographic map of the area
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