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Atlas
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(Ἄτλας; Átlas).

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[1] Name of the north-west African Tertiary folded mountain range

Name of the north-west African Tertiary folded mountain range. From the two Mediterranean coastal mountain ranges of the Rif A. and the Tell A. the Middle A. branches off in Morocco; the High A. rises in the south, which on the east borders the Sahara A. The Anti A., which extends south of the High A., do not belong to the Terti…

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Huß, Werner (Bamberg) and Scheer, Tanja (Rome), “Atlas”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 03 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e206970>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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