Jebel Shams

Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams is a mountain located in northeastern north of the town of . It is the highest mountain in Oman, and is part of the or Jabal Akhdar Mountains, which in turn belongs to the .
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  • Peak rising to 3,005 metres (9,859 feet)
  • Description: mountain in Oman
  • Also known as
    “Jabal ash Shām”
    “Jabal ash Shām, Jabal Sham, Wishām, Jabal Shams, Jabal ash Sham, Wisham”
    “Jabal Sham”
    “Jabal Shams”
    “Wishām”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hajar Mountains.
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Jebel Shams

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Latitude
23.23739° or 23° 14′ 15″ north
Longitude
57.26379° or 57° 15′ 50″ east
Open location code
7HMV67P7+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1721857713
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
286476
Wiki­data ID
Q1261915

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Jebel Shams” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل شمس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əş-Şam”
  • Basque: “Jabal Shams”
  • Basque: “Jebel ash-Shams”
  • Basque: “Jebel Shams”
  • Bulgarian: “Джебал Шамс”
  • Bulgarian: “Джебел Шамс”
  • Bulgarian: “Планина на слънцето”
  • Catalan: “Jaban Xams”
  • Catalan: “Jebel Xams”
  • Cebuano: “Jabal Shams”
  • Central Kurdish: “جەبەل شەمس”
  • Chinese: “沙姆山”
  • Chinese: “舍姆斯山”
  • Czech: “Džabal aš-Šám”
  • Czech: “Džabal Šams”
  • Czech: “Jebel Shams”
  • Dutch: “Djabal Sjams”
  • French: “Djebel Shams”
  • French: “Dschabel ash Sham”
  • French: “Jabal Shams”
  • French: “Jebel Shams”
  • Galician: “Jebel Shams”
  • German: “Dschabal Schams”
  • German: “Dschabal Shams”
  • German: “Jabal Shams”
  • Greek: “Τζεμπέλ Σαμς”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל שאמס”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל שמס”
  • Hebrew: “הר השמש”
  • Italian: “Jabal Shams”
  • Italian: “Jebel Shams”
  • Japanese: “シャムス山”
  • Korean: “샴스산”
  • Ladin: “Jebel Shams”
  • Latvian: “Šamss”
  • Lithuanian: “Džabal Šamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Džabal Šamsas”
  • Lithuanian: “Šamo kalnas”
  • Macedonian: “Џебел Шемс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “جبل شمش”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jabal Shams”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jebel Shams”
  • Norwegian: “Jabal Shams”
  • Persian: “جبل شمس”
  • Polish: “Dżabal asz-Szam”
  • Polish: “Dżabal asz-Szams”
  • Polish: “Dżabal Szam”
  • Polish: “Dżabal Szams”
  • Portuguese: “Jabal Shams”
  • Portuguese: “Jabal Xemece”
  • Russian: “Джабаль Шамс”
  • Russian: “Джебель-Шамс”
  • Russian: “Шемс”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шам”
  • Scots: “Jebel Shams”
  • Slovenian: “Džebel Šams”
  • Spanish: “Dschabal Shams”
  • Spanish: “Jabal ash Shām”
  • Spanish: “Jabal Sham”
  • Spanish: “Jabal Shams”
  • Spanish: “Jebel Shams”
  • Spanish: “Wishām”
  • Swedish: “Jebel Shams”
  • Tajik: “Аш-Шамс (қулла)”
  • Tajik: “Аш-Шамс”
  • Turkish: “Cebel Şems”
  • Ukrainian: “Еш-Шамс”
  • Urdu: “جبل شمس”
  • Uzbek: “Jabalu Shams”
  • Venetian: “Jabal Shams”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RAFO Musanah Airbase and Jabal Shams (summit south).

Oman: Highlights

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