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Mountains of Egypt

Peaks listed

2,637 m

highest

ranges

The highest point in Egypt is Mount Catherine at 2,637 m. Every peak we list for Egypt is linked below.

With prominence data

of 26 peaks

Shared with a neighbour

Border summits

Median elevation

2,248 m

Across every listed peak

The 24 highest

Subsidiary summits — named high points on a larger mountain — are omitted, so ranks may skip.

The highest mountains in this country, by elevation
#	Peak	Range	Elevation
1	Mount Catherine	—	2,637 m
3	Jabal Abū Rūmayl	—	2,624 m
4	Jabal Umm Shūmar	—	2,578 m
5	Jabal al Khalā	—	2,543 m
6	Jabal al Li‘dah	—	2,455 m
7	Jabal ath Thabţ	—	2,436 m
8	Jabal Rimḩān	—	2,413 m
9	Jabal Abū Shajarah	—	2,343 m
10	Jabal al Azraq	—	2,297 m
11	Jabal Mūsá	—	2,285 m
12	Jabal Şabbāgh	—	2,255 m
13	Jabal Mas‘ūd	—	2,248 m
14	Jabal Abū Ḩalaq	—	2,225 m
15	Gebel Yithmid el-Baheri	—	2,221 m
17	Jabal Shaykh al ‘Arab	—	2,193 m
18	Jabal Shā’ib al Banāt	—	2,187 m
19	Qaşr ‘Abbās Bāshā	—	2,155 m
20	Jabal Abū Mas‘ūd	—	2,140 m
21	Ras Abu Alda	—	2,137 m
22	Jabal Umm ‘Alawī	—	2,122 m
23	Jabal Sirbāl	—	2,070 m
24	Ra’s al Wa‘irah	—	2,060 m
25	Jabal Ţarbūsh	—	2,029 m
26	Jabal Elba	—	1,435 m

All peaks by range

All 26 peaks we list in Egypt.

Not assigned to a range 26

Mount Catherine 2,637 m
Jabal Zubayr 2,634 m
Jabal Abū Rūmayl 2,624 m
Jabal Umm Shūmar 2,578 m
Jabal al Khalā 2,543 m
Jabal al Li‘dah 2,455 m
Jabal ath Thabţ 2,436 m
Jabal Rimḩān 2,413 m
Jabal Abū Shajarah 2,343 m
Jabal al Azraq 2,297 m
Jabal Mūsá 2,285 m
Jabal Şabbāgh 2,255 m
Jabal Mas‘ūd 2,248 m
Jabal Abū Ḩalaq 2,225 m
Gebel Yithmid el-Baheri 2,221 m
Gebel Yithmid el- Qibli 2,207 m
Jabal Shaykh al ‘Arab 2,193 m
Jabal Shā’ib al Banāt 2,187 m
Qaşr ‘Abbās Bāshā 2,155 m
Jabal Abū Mas‘ūd 2,140 m
Ras Abu Alda 2,137 m
Jabal Umm ‘Alawī 2,122 m
Jabal Sirbāl 2,070 m
Ra’s al Wa‘irah 2,060 m
Jabal Ţarbūsh 2,029 m
Jabal Elba 1,435 m

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Elevation from GeoNames — surveyed where available, otherwise modelled and labelled approximate on each peak’s page. Surveyed elevation, GeoNames for Mount Catherine. 1 of these summits sit on a border and are counted in each country they belong to.