Har Montar

Har Montar is a peak in , and has an elevation of 489 metres. Har Montar is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mar Saba Monastery and Hurkania.

Monastery
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The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Arabic and Syriac as Mar Saba and historically as the Great Laura of Saint Sabas, is a Greek Orthodox Christian monastery overlooking the in the of in the , at a point halfway between and the .

Archaeological site
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Hyrcania was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert. It was built by Hasmonean ruler John Hyrcanus or his son Alexander Jannaeus in the 2nd or 1st century BCE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kedar and Ma’ale Adumim.

Village
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is a rural Israeli settlement in the . Located to the south of and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council.

Photo: Labour Palestine, CC BY 2.0.
Maale Adumim is an Israeli settlement in the , east of . It has about 37,000 residents.

Town
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Ubeidiya is a Palestinian town located 6 kilometers east of , in the of the State of Palestine, in the central .

Har Montar

Latitude
31.73515° or 31° 44′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.34492° or 35° 20′ 42″ east
Elevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)
Open location code
8G3QP8PV+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 705129013
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
285031
Wiki­data ID
Q6577734
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Satellite Map

Discover Har Montar from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Har Montar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل المنطار”
  • Cebuano: “Al Minţār”
  • Dutch: “Al Minţār”
  • Hebrew: “הר העזאזל”
  • Hebrew: “הר מונטאר”
  • Hebrew: “הר מונטר”

Localities in the Area

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