Tall ash Shaykhah
Tall ash Shaykhah is a mountain in Quneitra Governorate, Syria and has an elevation of 1,195 metres. Tall ash Shaykhah is situated nearby to the abandoned locality ‘Ein el Ḥamrā, as well as near the locality Karz el Khaz‘al.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,195 metres
- Description: mountain in Syria
- Also known as: “Har Hermonit”, “Hermonit”, “Tell ech Cheïkha”, and “Tell esh Sheïkha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 1215 Mt. Hermonit and 1228 Mt. Varda.
1215 Mt. Hermonit
Peak
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hermonit, also known as the little Hermon is the second highest mountain in the Golan Heights and an inactive volcano. Located 1,216 m above the sea level.
1228 Mt. Varda
Peak
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
1228 Mt. Varda is a peak, which is situated 3 km north of Tall ash Shaykhah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Rom and Buq’ata.
El Rom
Village
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Rom is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights in the municipal territory of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.
Buq’ata
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Buq'ata is a Druze town, administered as a local council, in the northern section of the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights. Buq'ata covers an area of 7,000 dunams between two mountains in the Golan Heights, Mount Hermonit and Mount Varda.
Odem
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Odem is an Israeli settlement and moshav shitufi in the northern part of the Golan Heights. Located on Mount Odem, at a height of 1,090 meters above sea level, it is the second-highest town in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. Odem is situated 4½ km west of Tall ash Shaykhah.
Tall ash Shaykhah
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Tall ash Shaykhah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل الشيخة”
- Cebuano: “Tall ash Shaykhah”
- Dutch: “Tall ash Shaykhah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تل الشيخه”
- Hebrew: “Har H̱ermonit”
- Hebrew: “הר חרמונית”
- Swedish: “Tall ash Shaykhah”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as ‘Ein el Ḥamrā and Karz el Khaz‘al.
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