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Jbel Outgui

Coordinates: 33°38′34″N 5°14′49″W / 33.642778°N 5.246944°W / 33.642778; -5.246944
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Jbel Outgui
Jbel Outgui is located in Morocco
Jbel Outgui
Jbel Outgui
Highest point
Elevation1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Coordinates33°38′34″N 5°14′49″W / 33.642778°N 5.246944°W / 33.642778; -5.246944
Geography
LocationFès-Meknès, Morocco
Parent rangeMiddle Atlas
Geology
Rock agePleistocene
Mountain typeShield volcano

Jbel Outgui is an extinct shield volcano located 15 km southeast of the city of El Hajeb in the Middle Atlas of Morocco. The mountain is one of the three main volcanic structures[1] of the Azrou region with Jbel El Koudiate and Jbel Tamarrakoit.

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  1. ^ Kharbouch, Fatima; Cotten, Joseph; Youbi, Nasrrddine; Bellon, Hervé; Maury, René C.; El Azzouzi, M'Hammed (2010). "Petrology and K-Ar chronology of the Neogene-Quaternary Middle Atlas basaltic province, Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 181 (3): 243–257. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.181.3.243.