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Hoggar, large plateau in the north center of the Sahara, on the Tropic of Cancer, North Africa. Its height is above 3,000 feet (900 m), culminating in Mount Tahat (9,573 feet [2,918 m]) in southeastern Algeria. The plateau, about 965 miles (1,550 km) north to south and 1,300 miles (2,100 km) east to west, is rocky desert composed of black volcanic (basalt) necks and of flows rising above a pink granite massif. The highest peak, Tahat Mountain, is 3,003 metres high, and may have snow at any time of the year. The landscape is rocky and arid, with only occasional vegetation. A couple of seasonal rivers cut through the landscape, and give room for a few settlements, among which there is only one town, Tamanrasset.
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