Tel Shikmona
Tell es-Samak or Tel Shikmona, meaning 'mound of the fish', is an ancient Phoenician tell situated near the sea coast in the modern city of Haifa, Israel, just south of the Israeli National Institute of Oceanography.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as“Shiqmōnā”“Shiqmonah”“Tall as Samak”“Tall as-Samakh”“Tell es Semak”“Tell es-Samak”
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Tel Shikmona
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Latitude
32.82464° or 32° 49′ 29″ north
Longitude
34.95547° or 34° 57′ 20″ east
Open location code
8G4PRXF4+V5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tel Shikmona” goes by many names.
תל שקמונהHebrew
تل شیکموناPersian
Тель-ШикмонаRussian
Tel ŠikmonaSlovenian
Тель-ШикмонаUkrainian
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