Mount of Olives
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 818 metres
- Description: mountain in Jerusalem that is mentioned several times in the Bible
- Also known as: “Jabal aţ Ţūr”, “Jabal az Zaytūn”, “Mont deis Oliviers”, “Mont dels Olivièrs”, “Mont-des-Oliviers”, “Monte degli olivi”, “Monto Olivarba”, “Mount Olivet”, “núi Cây dầu”, “núi Cây Dầu”, “núi Ô-li-vê”, “núi Ô-liu”, “núi Ôlivê”, “núi Olives”, “núi Olivet”, “Olivet”, “Olivetská hora”, “Алейная гара”, “Аліўкавая гара”, “Елеон”, “Маслинска Гора”, “Масличная гора”, “Оливий”, “Хълм на маслините”, “Элеонская гора”, “הר הזתים”, and “オリーヴ山”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Chapel of the Ascension and Church of the Pater Noster.
Church of the Pater Noster
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gethsemane and At-Tur.
Mount of Olives
- Categories: mountain, biblical place, New Testament place associated with Jesus, and landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.77891° or 31° 46′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.24504° or 35° 14′ 42″ east
Elevation
818 metres (2,684 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6HW+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount of Olives” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل الزيتون”
- Armenian: “Ձիթենյաց լեռ”
- Azerbaijani: “Zeytun dağı”
- Basque: “Olibetako mendia”
- Basque: “Olibondoen mendia”
- Belarusian: “Аліўная гара”
- Belarusian: “Элеонская гара”
- Bengali: “জয়তুন পর্বত”
- Bulgarian: “Елеонски хълм”
- Catalan: “Mont de les Oliveres”
- Cebuano: “Mount of Olives”
- Chinese: “橄榄山”
- Chinese: “橄欖山”
- Croatian: “Maslinska gora”
- Czech: “Olivová hora”
- Danish: “Oliebjerget”
- Dutch: “Olijfberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الزيتون”
- Esperanto: “Olivarba monto”
- Esperanto: “Olivarba Monto”
- Finnish: “Öljymäki”
- French: “mont des Oliviers”
- French: “Mont des Oliviers”
- Galician: “Monte das Oliveiras”
- German: “Ölberg”
- Greek: “Όρος των Ελαιών”
- Hebrew: “הר הזיתים”
- Hindi: “जैतून का पहाड़”
- Hindi: “ज़ैतून का पहाड़”
- Hungarian: “Olajfák hegye”
- Icelandic: “Olíufjallið”
- Inari Sami: “Oljovääri”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Zaitun”
- Irish: “Cnoc na nOlóg”
- Italian: “Monte degli ulivi”
- Italian: “Monte degli Ulivi”
- Japanese: “オリーブ山”
- Kannada: “ಆಲಿವ್ಸ್ ಬೆಟ್ಟಸಾಲು”
- Khmer: “ភ្នំដើមអូលីវ”
- Korean: “올리브산”
- Ladin: “Mount of Olives”
- Ladino: “Ar Azeitim”
- Macedonian: “Маслинова Гора”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Oliva”
- Malagasy: “Tendrombohitra Ôliva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oljeberget”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oljeberget”
- Norwegian: “Oljeberget”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont dels Olius”
- Persian: “کوه زیتون”
- Polish: “Góra Oliwna”
- Portuguese: “Monte das Oliveiras”
- Romanian: “Muntele Măslinilor”
- Russian: “Елеонская гора”
- Scots: “Moont o Olives”
- Serbian: “Maslinova gora”
- Serbian: “Маслинова гора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maslinova gora”
- Slovak: “Olivový vrch”
- Slovenian: “Oljska gora”
- Spanish: “Monte de los Olivos”
- Swahili: “Mlima wa Mizeituni”
- Swedish: “Olivberget”
- Tagalog: “Bundok ng mga Olibo”
- Tamil: “ஒலிவ மலை”
- Thai: “ภูเขามะกอกเทศ”
- Turkish: “Zeytin Dağı”
- Turkish: “Zeytindağı”
- Ukrainian: “Єлеонська гора”
- Ukrainian: “Оливкова гора”
- Ukrainian: “Оливна гора”
- Urdu: “جبل زیتون”
- Venetian: “Monte degli Ulivi”
- Vietnamese: “núi Ôliu”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Ôliu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid han mga Olibo”
- Welsh: “Mount of Olives”
- Western Armenian: “Ձիթենեաց լեռ”
- Western Frisian: “Oliveberch”
- Western Panjabi: “زیتون دا پعاڑ”
- Western Panjabi: “زیتون دا پہاڑ”
- Wu Chinese: “橄榄山”
- Yiddish: “הר הזיתים”
- Yue Chinese: “橄欖山”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ras al-Amud and Muslim Quarter.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount of Olives Hotel and Holy Monastery of the Ascension.
West Bank: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Bethlehem and Ramallah.
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