Mount Sodom
Mount Sodom is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve. It takes its name from the biblical city of Sodom, whose destruction is the subject of a narrative in the Bible.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 226 metres
- Description: mountain in Israel
- Also known as: “Har Sedom”, “Jabal Asdam”, and “Jebel Usdum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Malham.
Malham
Cave
Photo: Eliran t, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malcham Cave is the longest salt cave in the world, located in Mount Sodom, by the Dead Sea, Israel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neve Zohar.
Neve Zohar
Village
Neve Zohar is a community settlement in southern Israel. Located on the junction of Highway 31 and Highway 90, on the shores of the Dead Sea and 23 km from Arad by road, it falls under the jurisdiction of Tamar Regional Council. Neve Zohar is situated 7 km north of Mount Sodom.
Mount Sodom
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Urdu—“Mount Sodom” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Садом”
- Catalan: “Mont Sodoma”
- Cebuano: “Har Sedom”
- Chinese: “索多瑪山”
- Dutch: “Har Sedom”
- Dutch: “Mount Sodom”
- Hebrew: “הר סדום”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Sodom”
- Italian: “Har Sedom”
- Italian: “Monte Sodoma”
- Korean: “소돔산”
- Ladin: “Mount Sodom”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Sedom”
- Polish: “Sodom”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Sodomskie”
- Portuguese: “Monte Sodoma”
- Romanian: “Muntele Sodoma”
- Russian: “Гора Содом”
- Russian: “Содом”
- Spanish: “Monte Sodoma”
- Swedish: “Har Sedom”
- Tamil: “சொதோம் மலை”
- Turkish: “Sodom Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Содом”
- Urdu: “کوہ سدوم”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Meẕad Gozal and Sedom.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sdom cave and Ein Shiddim.
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