Tel Yodfat
Tel Yodfat is an archaeological site in Northern District, Israel. Tel Yodfat is situated nearby to the peak Mount Atzmon, as well as near the village Kaukab Abu al-Hija.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “ancient Yodfat”, “Jefât”, “Jotapata”, “Jotbah”, “Khirbat Shifāt”, “Nodfat”, “Yodefat”, “Yodfat”, and “Yotbat”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Atzmon and Har Shekhanya.
Mount Atzmon
Peak
Mount Atzmon is the modern Israeli name of a mountain in the Northern District of Israel, identified by some with the ancient Mount Atzmon. Its Arabic name is Jebel Didiba or Jebel Didbeh.
Har Shekhanya
Peak
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Har Shekhanya is a peak, which is situated 3 km northwest of Tel Yodfat.
בי’ס על יסודי משגב 1
School building
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
בי’ס על יסודי משגב 1 is a school building, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Tel Yodfat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yodfat and Kaukab Abu al-Hija.
Yodfat
Village
Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
Yodfat, is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, south of Carmiel and in the vicinity of the Atzmon mountain ridge, north of the Beit Netofa Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Village
Photo: אלמוג, Public domain.
Kaukab Abu al-Hija, often simply Kaukab, is an Arab Muslim village and local council in the Northern District of Israel, in the Lower Galilee. It is located on Road 784, between Shefa-'Amr and Karmiel, and north of Kafr Manda. Kaukab Abu al-Hija is situated 2½ km west of Tel Yodfat.
Koranit
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koranit is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee on Mount Shekhanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 883. Koranit is situated 3 km northwest of Tel Yodfat.
Tel Yodfat
- Categories: former settlement, national park, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.83231° or 32° 49′ 56″ northLongitude
35.27773° or 35° 16′ 40″ eastElevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)Open location code
8G4QR7JH+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1784479460OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Tel Yodfat” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Jotapata”
- Dutch: “Jotapata”
- French: “Jotapata”
- German: “Iotapata”
- German: “Jotapata”
- German: “Tell Jafat”
- German: “Yodefat”
- Hebrew: “יודפת העתיקה”
- Hebrew: “יודפת”
- Hebrew: “תל יודפת”
- Italian: “Iotapata”
- Romanian: “Yodfat (antic)”
- Romanian: “Yodfat”
- Russian: “Иотапата”
- Spanish: “Jotapata”
- Spanish: “Yodefat”
- Spanish: “Yodfat”
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