[4] The Atlantika Mountains are home to enclaves of higher-elevation Afromontane habitat, part of the Cameroonian Highlands forests ecoregion.

The gecko species Ancylodactylus alantika is found only in the Atlantika Mountains and the Hosséré Vokré plateau to the east.

[4] The line of mountains of which the Atlantika range is a part were taken as a natural boundary between Nigeria and Cameroon by the colonial powers.

[5] The Koma people took refuge in the mountains in the last half of the 19th century, apparently to avoid paying taxes to the colonial government.

[6] Alantika means where Allah hasn't yet arrived in the Kanuri language, due to the Koma people keeping their own religions, despite being mostly surrounded by Muslims.