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Meddak Area



The entrance gate of Meddak Region is located at minimun 16 hours of Hike (32 hours there and back) from Djanet. After Assakao Pass, this is a long way included a large stretch of monotonous flat with "nothing to see" called Reg in Sahara. There are few and light rock arts on the sites of Meddak. It is probably why the author and his Targuia dromedaries caravaner staff found nobody, both local or tourist, during a 20 days trip across the area on october-november 2007. For these reasons, Meddak Region is seldom visited. Also younger guides did not know these ancestral path which occurs on these remote landforms and certainly did not want lost tourists here. My guide Mohamed Bilali aged 68 at the time of this expedition is native of Meddak and know very well these secluded sites. I will be fortunate to have him on the trip and on most of the one I had during nearly a decade on Tassili National Park. The sites visited during the expedition was Tan-Azoulagh, In-Tabakat, Ouan-Saken, Ibouan, Oumrak Canyon, Akchaheré, Emelell and Irekam-In-Tafest. The natural arches included on these pages are probably first reported.  

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In-Tafest Arch

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Tan Azoulagh Arch

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Framed Spire Arch

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Rounded Spire Arch

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Sand Slope Arch

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Side Spire Arch

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Sign Arch

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Akchahere Area

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Ouan Saken Arch

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Pierced Foot Arch

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Scaffolding Arch

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Solitude Arch

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Old Guide Arch

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Arch on the Wind

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little Dune Arch

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Sunrise Arch

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Central Pillar Arch

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Emelell Arch

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Armadillo Arch

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Turtle Arch

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Double Arch (Ouan-Saken)

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Twist Joint Arch

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Strong Arm Arch

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Ephemeral Arch

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Shelter Arch

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Bilali's House Arch

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Ibouan Arch

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Sea Horse Arch

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Oval Arch

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Leaping Arch

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Bundle Arch

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Upstage Arch

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Oumrak Canyon Arch

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Quadripod Arch Tower

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Oumrak Pinnacle Arches

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Scenery Arch

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Unnamed Arch 1

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Unnamed Arch 2

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Unnamed Arch 3

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Other Arches (Meddak)

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 In-Tafest Arch
 Tan Azoulagh Arch
 Framed Spire Arch
 Rounded Spire Arch
 Sand Slope Arch
 Side Spire Arch
 Sign Arch
 Akchahere Area
 Ouan Saken Arch
 Pierced Foot Arch
 Scaffolding Arch
 Solitude Arch
 Old Guide Arch
 Arch on the Wind
 little Dune Arch
 Sunrise Arch
 Central Pillar Arch
 Emelell Arch
 Armadillo Arch
 Turtle Arch
 Double Arch (Ouan-Saken)
 Twist Joint Arch
 Strong Arm Arch
 Ephemeral Arch
 Shelter Arch
 Bilali's House Arch
 Ibouan Arch
 Sea Horse Arch
 Oval Arch
 Leaping Arch
 Bundle Arch
 Upstage Arch
 Oumrak Canyon Arch
 Quadripod Arch Tower
 Oumrak Pinnacle Arches
 Scenery Arch
 Unnamed Arch 1
 Unnamed Arch 2
 Unnamed Arch 3
 Other Arches (Meddak)
 Tamrit Area
 In-Itinen Area
 Tin-Tazarift Area
 Sefar Area
 Ti-Spad Area
 Tin-Kani Area
 Tissoukai Area
 Ozanéaré Area
 Idou Area
 In-Etouami Area
 Tin Aboteka Area
 In-Ahtim Area
 Jabbaren Area
 Tin-Tekelt Area
 Ouan Lhote Area
 In-Essou Area
 Undefined Area
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 Tassili Rock Art
 Tassili Sketches
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