Middle East
Jordan
Ma’an Governorate

Jebel al-Madhbah

Jebel al-Madhbah is a mountain at , , at whose peak there is a large Nabataean ritual site centered around an altar.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,043 metres
  • Description: mountain in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Jabal al Madhbah”, “Jabal al-Madbah (Petra)”, and “Jebel el Madhbab”

Places of Interest

Highlights include High Place of Sacrifice and The Treasury (Al-Khazneh).

Photo: Wichard Koops, CC BY 3.0.

Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Khazneh, also known as Khazneh el-Far'oun, is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in , a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.

Archaeological site
Photo: G41rn8, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomb of the Roman Soldier, also called the Tomb of the Soldier, is one of the best-preserved tombs in the ancient city of , in what is now .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petra and Petra.

Photo: Faraheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time", is a well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of . Due to its breathtaking grandeur and fabulous ruins, was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Town
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wadi Musa is a town located in the in southern . It is the administrative center of the Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of , being only 3.5 km away.

Jebel al-Madhbah

Latitude
30.32164° or 30° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.44718° or 35° 26′ 50″ east
Elevation
1,043 metres (3,422 feet)
Open location code
8G2Q8CCW+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 802551567
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
248357
Wiki­data ID
Q16849904
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Jebel al-Madhbah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المذبح”
  • Arabic: “جبل المذبح”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal al Madhbaḩ”
  • Chinese: “馬德巴山”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المذبح”
  • French: “Jabal al Madhbah”
  • French: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • German: “Jabal al Madhbah”
  • Indonesian: “Jabal al-Madhbah”
  • Italian: “al-Madhbah”
  • Italian: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Ladin: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Portuguese: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Romanian: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Russian: “Джабаль аль Мадбах”
  • Spanish: “Jebel al-Madhbah”
  • Swedish: “Jabal al Madhbaḩ”
  • Venetian: “al-Madhbah”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jebel al-Madhbah”. Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.