Gabal El Uweinat

Mount Uwaynat or Gabal El Uweinat is a mountain range in the area of the -- . Because of thousands of prehistoric rock art sites, it is considered an important witness to the development of early pastoralism in the Sahara.
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  • Peak rising to 1,934 metres (6,345 feet)
  • Description: mountain in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Gebel ‘Uweinat”
    “Gebél Auenat”
    “Gebel el Uwaynat”
    “Gebel el-Auenát”
    “Jabal ‘Uwaynāt”
    “Jabal ‘Uweinat”
    “Jabal al ‘Awaynāt”
    “Jabal al ‘Uwaynat”
    “Jebel ‘Uweinat”
    “Jebel ‘Uwēnat”
    “Jebel Arkenu”
    “Jebel el Oweinat, Gebel el Uweinat, Gebel Oweinat, Ouinat, ‘Uweinat”
    “Jebel Oweinat”
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Latitude
21.91352° or 21° 54′ 49″ north
Longitude
24.99245° or 24° 59′ 33″ east
Open location code
7GH6WX7R+CX
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Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Gabal El Uweinat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل العوينات”
  • Asturian: “Jebel Uweinat”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal al ‘Uwaynāt”
  • Dutch: “Jebel Uweinat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل العوينات”
  • Finnish: “‘Uwaynāt”
  • French: “Djebel Uweinat”
  • French: “Jebel Uweinat”
  • Galician: “Iebel Uweinat”
  • Georgian: “ჯებელ-უვეინატი”
  • German: “Djebel Uwenat”
  • German: “el-Uwainat”
  • German: “Gabal al-Uwainat”
  • German: “Gebel el-ʿUweināt”
  • German: “Uwainat”
  • German: “Uweinat”
  • Greek: “Τζέμπελ Ουεϊνάτ”
  • Hebrew: “עווינאת”
  • Italian: “Gebel Auenat”
  • Japanese: “ウウェイナット山”
  • Japanese: “ウウェイナト山脈”
  • Japanese: “ウェイナット山”
  • Ladin: “Jebel Uweinat”
  • Polish: “Dżabal al-Uwajnat”
  • Russian: “Габаль эль-Увейнат”
  • Russian: “Эль-Увайнат”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Uvajnat”
  • Spanish: “Monte Uweinat”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al ‘Uwaynāt”
  • Ukrainian: “Джебель-Увейнат”
  • Venetian: “Gebel Auenat”

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