Mount Hermon
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Photo: Amit Moscovich, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,814 metres
- Description: mountain range in Syria and Lebanon
- Also known as: “Haramoun”, “Harmūn”, “Ḩarmūn”, “Jabal al Thalj”, “Jabal al-Shaykh”, “Jabal ash Shaykh”, “Jabal Ash Shaykh”, “Jebel Cheïkh”, “Jebel ech Cheïkh”, “Jebel esh Sheikh”, “Jebel eth Thelj”, and “Mount Herman”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ain Aata and Ain Harcha.
Ain Aata
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ain Aata, Ain Ata, 'Ain 'Ata or Ayn Aata is a village and municipality situated southwest of Rashaya, 99 kilometres south-east of Beirut, in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. Ain Aata is situated 8 km west of Mount Hermon.
Ain Harcha
Village
Ain Harcha is a village situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. It is located east of Mount Hermon close to the Syrian border south of Dahr El Ahmar. Ain Harcha is situated 8 km northwest of Mount Hermon.
Bakifa
Village
Bakifa, is a local authority situated in Rashaya District, Lebanon. Bakifa is situated 9 km north of Mount Hermon.
Mount Hermon
- Categories: mountain, biblical place, highest point, and landform
- Location: Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.41687° or 33° 25′ 1″ northLongitude
35.85645° or 35° 51′ 23″ eastElevation
2,814 metres (9,232 feet)Open location code
8G5QCV84+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4937091522OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Mount Hermon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Berg Hermon”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἔρμων”
- Arabic: “جبل الحرمون”
- Arabic: “جبل الشيخ”
- Arabic: “جبل حرمون”
- Arabic: “جحفية”
- Arabic: “حرمون”
- Arabic: “هرمون”
- Armenian: “Երմոն”
- Armenian: “էշ Շեյխ”
- Armenian: “Հերմոն լեռ”
- Armenian: “Ջաբալ աշ Շեյխ”
- Asturian: “Monte Hermón”
- Azerbaijani: “Hermon dağı”
- Basque: “Hermon mendia”
- Basque: “Hermon”
- Belarusian: “Хермон”
- Belarusian: “Эш-Шэйх”
- Bulgarian: “Ермон”
- Catalan: “Hermon”
- Catalan: “Mont d’Hermon”
- Catalan: “Mont Hermon”
- Cebuano: “Mount Hermon”
- Central Kurdish: “کێوی ھێرمۆن”
- Chinese: “黑門山”
- Chinese: “黑门山”
- Croatian: “Hermon”
- Croatian: “Planina Hermon”
- Czech: “Chermón”
- Czech: “Har Chermón”
- Czech: “Har Hermon”
- Czech: “Hermon”
- Czech: “Nejvyšší hora Sýrie”
- Danish: “Hermonbjerget”
- Dutch: “Hermon”
- Dutch: “Hermonberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الشيخ”
- Esperanto: “Monto Hermono”
- Estonian: “Hermoni mägi”
- Finnish: “Hermon-vuori”
- Finnish: “Hermonvuori”
- French: “mont Hermon”
- French: “Mont Hermon”
- Galician: “Monte Hermón”
- Georgian: “ჰერმონი”
- German: “Chermon”
- German: “Dschabal asch-Schaich”
- German: “Dschabal Asch-Schaich”
- German: “Hermon”
- Greek: “Όρος Ερμών”
- Hebrew: “Har H̱ermon”
- Hebrew: “החרמון הסורי”
- Hebrew: “החרמון”
- Hebrew: “הר החרמון”
- Hebrew: “הר חרמון”
- Hebrew: “חרמון”
- Hebrew: “שמורת חרמון”
- Hindi: “हरमुन पर्वत”
- Hungarian: “Hermon-hegy”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Hermon”
- Irish: “Sliabh Hearmón”
- Italian: “Ermon”
- Italian: “Hermon”
- Italian: “monte Ermon”
- Italian: “monte Hermon”
- Italian: “Monte Hermon”
- Japanese: “シャイク山”
- Japanese: “ヘルモン山”
- Japanese: “ヘルモン山脈”
- Korean: “헤르몬산”
- Kurdish: “Çiya Hermonê”
- Ladin: “Mont Hermon”
- Ladino: “Monte Hermon”
- Latin: “Hermon”
- Lithuanian: “Hermono kalnas”
- Macedonian: “Хермон”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Hermôna”
- Malayalam: “ഹെർമൻ പർവ്വതം”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جبل الشيخ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hermon-fjellet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hermon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hermonfjella”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hermonfjellet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hermon”
- Norwegian: “Hermonfjellet”
- Ossetian: “Хермон”
- Persian: “جبلالشیخ”
- Persian: “کوه هرمون”
- Polish: “Dżabal asz-Szajch”
- Polish: “Hermon”
- Portuguese: “Monte Hermon”
- Portuguese: “Monte Hérmon”
- Romanian: “Muntele Hermon”
- Russian: “Гермон”
- Russian: “Джебель-эш-Шейх”
- Russian: “Ермон”
- Russian: “Хермон”
- Russian: “Эш-Шейх”
- Scots: “Moont Hermon”
- Serbian: “Хермон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hermon”
- Slovenian: “gora hermon”
- Spanish: “Hermon”
- Spanish: “Hermón”
- Spanish: “Monte Hermon”
- Spanish: “Monte Hermón”
- Spanish: “הר חרמון”
- Swahili: “Hermoni”
- Swedish: “Hermon”
- Tamil: “எர்மோன் மலை”
- Turkish: “Hermon Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Хермон”
- Urdu: “جبل الشيخ”
- Urdu: “جبل الشیخ”
- Uzbek: “Hermon, Armaniston”
- Venetian: “Monte Hermon”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Hermon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Hermon”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Hermon”
- Western Panjabi: “ماؤنٹ ہرمن”
- Yiddish: “הר חרמון”
- Yiddish: “חרמון”
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