Mount Scopus

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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 826 metres
  • Description: mountain in East Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “Har ha-Cofim”, “Har Hatsofim”, “Har HaẔofim”, “Ra’s al Mashārif”, “Skopusberg”, “הַר הַצּוֹפִים”, “تپه اسکوپوس”, “تپهٔ اسکوپوس”, “کوهٔ اسکوپوس”, “کوه دیده‌وران”, and “هار هتسوفیم”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rottberg Amphitheater and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Issawiya and Wadi al-Joz.

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Al-Issawiya is a Palestinian neighborhood in .

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, also Wadi Joz, is a Palestinian…

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is a neighborhood on the …

Mount Scopus

Latitude
31.79226° or 31° 47′ 32″ north
Longitude
35.24617° or 35° 14′ 46″ east
Elevation
826 metres (2,710 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6RW+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10211751483
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
281956
Wiki­data ID
Q312818
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount Scopus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل المشارف”
  • Armenian: “Սկոպուս լեռ”
  • Basque: “Scopus mendia”
  • Bulgarian: “Скопий”
  • Catalan: “Muntanya Scopus”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Scopus”
  • Chinese: “斯科普斯山”
  • Czech: “Skopus”
  • Danish: “Mt. Scopus”
  • Dutch: “Mount Scopus”
  • Dutch: “Scopusberg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل المشارف”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Skopus”
  • Finnish: “Scopusvuori”
  • French: “mont Scopus”
  • French: “Mont Scopus”
  • German: “Berg Scopus”
  • German: “Skopus”
  • Greek: “Όρος Σκοπός”
  • Hebrew: “הר הצופים”
  • Hungarian: “Scopus-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Scopus”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Scopus”
  • Italian: “Monte Scopus”
  • Japanese: “スコーパス山”
  • Japanese: “スコープス山”
  • Korean: “스코푸스산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Scopus”
  • Ladino: “Monte Scopus”
  • Macedonian: “Скопуска Гора”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Scopusfjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skopusfjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Scopusfjellet”
  • Persian: “کوه اسکوپوس”
  • Polish: “Góra Skopus”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Scopus”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Scopus”
  • Russian: “Гора Скопус”
  • Russian: “Скопус”
  • Serbian: “Skopus”
  • Serbian: “Скопска гора”
  • Serbian: “Скопус”
  • Slovak: “Skopus”
  • Spanish: “Monte Scopus”
  • Tagalog: “Bundok Scopus”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்கோபஸ் மலை”
  • Turkish: “Scopus Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гора Скопус”
  • Ukrainian: “Скопус”
  • Urdu: “جبل المشارف”
  • Venetian: “Monte Scopus”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Scopus”
  • Western Panjabi: “جبل المشارف”
  • Yiddish: “הר הצופים”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mount Scopus and Kiryat Menachem Begin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hillel House and Nancy Reagan Plaza.

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