This Article Blue Mountains Niger is composed of Creative Common Content.\n The Original Article can be location at WikiPedia.org.\n The Blue Mountains Montagnes Bleus Tamasheq Izouzaouene IzouzaoenehePhilippe Bourseiller. Sahara. Knesebeck Von Dem GmbH 2004 ISBN 9783896602435ref are a mountain range in Niger in the northeastern section of the Ar Massif about 100 km ENE of the town of Ifrouane and 30 km NE of the Tezerik oasis. Isolated from the main Massif by dune seas of the Erg of Tnr and a flat gravely Desert pavement plain the rocky outcrop from the desert rises to a height of 924m almost 300m over the surrounding topography.ref The area is in Ar and Tnr National Nature Reserve which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mountains themselves are also within the smaller Ar and Tnr Addax Sanctuary. They are characterised by cipollino marble outcroppings which give the hills a blueish tint. Despite their relative inaccessibility they became a tourist destination during the upsurge of desert region Tourism in Niger during the late 1990s and early 2000s.