Jebel ech Chambi

Where is Jebel ech Chambi?

Jebel ech Chambi is part of the Atlas Mountains, near Kasserine.

You will find it in: Tunisia.

Summit: 35.207° N, 8.683° E

The story behind it

Jebel ech Chambi is a long ridge of grey limestone at the eastern end of the Atlas mountains, where the folded rock of North Africa slowly dies away towards the Sahara. Aleppo pines cover the shady northern side in an open, dusty-smelling forest, while the southern flank is bare, hot and stony, with esparto grass growing in tufts between the rocks. The whole mountain forms a national park, home to gazelles, wild boar and birds of prey that circle on the warm air rising from the plain. Winter brings cold nights, and a little snow sometimes settles on the crest, which surprises people who think of Tunisia only as a warm country by the sea. The nearest town, Kasserine, sits below on a wide plain, and from the ridge the view stretches far into Algeria.

Find it on the globe

Jebel ech Chambi is there as a small peak with its own shape — a horn, a ridge, a volcano — standing on the surface. From far away the planet is only a blue ball; detail arrives as you zoom in, and this one appears once you are close enough. Open it on the globe.

It sits at its real coordinates, not near them — the same numbers listed in the facts above. Switch off the layer for this kind of place and it disappears again; the buttons for that are down the right-hand edge.