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 , , just south of the Israeli National Institute of Oceanography.
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Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Shikmona”, “Shiqmona”, “Shiqmōnā”, “Shiqmonah”, “Šikmona”, “Tall as Samak”, “Tall as-Samakh”, “Tel Siqmonah”, “Tell es Semak”, “Tell es-Samak”, “שקמונה”, and “תל א-סמק”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hecht Park and Elijah’s Cave.

Park
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 770 metres south of Tel Shikmona.

Cave
Photo: Britchi Mirela, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes… is situated 1½ km northeast of Tel Shikmona.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Museum is a technical history museum located in , . is situated 1½ km east of Tel Shikmona.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ein Ha’Yam and Kiriyat Sprinzak.

Suburb
Ein HaYam, formerly Wadi al-Jimal, is a small…

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
Kiryat Sprinzak, sometimes spelled Shprintzak…

Suburb
French Carmel is a neighbourhood of in , located on the western slopes of Mount Carmel.

Tel Shikmona

Latitude
32.82464° or 32° 49′ 29″ north
Longitude
34.95547° or 34° 57′ 20″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8G4PRXF4+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473400
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
293338
Wiki­data ID
Q2919810
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tel Shikmona” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل السمك”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Shiqmona”
  • Czech: “Tel Šikmona”
  • French: “Tel Shiqmonah”
  • Hebrew: “תל שיקמונה”
  • Hebrew: “תל שקמונה”
  • Persian: “تل شیکمونا”
  • Russian: “Тель-Шикмона”
  • Slovenian: “Tel Šikmona”
  • Ukrainian: “Тель-Шикмона”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Sha’ar Ha’aliya and Ramat Shaul.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: IOLR slipway and Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research - National Institute of Oceanography.

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