Adrar region

Chinguetti ( ; ) is a ksar and a medieval trading center in northern Mauritania, located on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. Chinguetti had a population of 4,800 as of 2013.

circular feature in the Sahara desert

region of Mauritania

building in Mauritania

department in Adrar Region, Mauritania

Azougui (or Azuggi, , ) was a town in north-western Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau, north-west of Atar. In the eleventh century it was the first capital of the Almoravid dynasty, who conquered a territory stretching from the Ghana Empire to Morocco and the Iberian Peninsula.

department in Adrar, Mauritania

Terjit () is an oasis (in the proper sense: a desert spring or other water source), 45km by road south of Atar and popular with tourists in Mauritania. It nestles in a gorge on the western edge of the Adrar plateau with the palm grove stretching a few hundred meters alongside a stream which emerges from a spring. Terjit is part of the commune of Maaden in the Aoujeft Department.

department of Mauritania

mountain in Mauritania

department in Adrar Region, Mauritania

1056 military battle in present-day Mauritania

Amazmaz is an isolated elevation with steep slopes in the western part of the Adrar plateau in Mauritania, 400 km northeast of the capital Nouakchott.

mountain pass in the Adrar Plateau, Mauritania

mountain pass

River in Adrar Region, Mauritania

Mhaïreth or '''M'Heirth' is one of the largest oases of the Adrar region in Mauritania. It is located near Terjit. Mhaïreth'' is part of the commune of Maaden in the Aoujeft Department.