Makhtesh Ramon
Makhtesh Ramon is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located some 85 km south of Beersheba, the landform is the world's largest "erosion cirque".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Depression with an elevation of 561 metres
- Description: national park in Israel
- Also known as: “Makhtesh Ramon National Park” and “Ramon Crater”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chai Ramon and Beresheet Hotel.
Alpacka Farm
Dwelling
Photo: Someone35, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alpacka Farm is a dwelling, which is situated 4 km northwest of Makhtesh Ramon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mitzpe Ramon.
Mitzpe Ramon
Mitzpe Ramon is a small town in the remote Negev of Israel. 190 km south to Tel Aviv, and to Jerusalem, 80 km south to Beer Sheva, and 150 km north to Eilat. Known for Ramon Crater, which is the world's largest erosion cirque.
Makhtesh Ramon
- Categories: depression, makhtesh, cirque, and landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Makhtesh Ramon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي الرمان”
- Armenian: “Մախթեշ Ռամոն”
- Bulgarian: “Махтеш Рамон”
- Cebuano: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Chinese: “拉蒙凹地”
- Chinese: “拉蒙坑”
- Czech: “Machteš Ramon”
- Dutch: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Esperanto: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- French: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- German: “Machtesch Ramon”
- German: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Hausa: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Hebrew: “מחתש רמון”
- Hebrew: “מכתש רמון”
- Hungarian: “Maktes Ramon”
- Indonesian: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Makhtesh Ramon”
- Italian: “Cratere Ramon”
- Japanese: “マクテシュ・ラモン”
- Japanese: “ラモン・クレーター”
- Lithuanian: “Ramono krateris”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Persian: “دره رامون”
- Polish: “Ramon”
- Russian: “Рамон”
- Spanish: “cráter Ramón”
- Spanish: “Cráter Ramón”
- Swedish: “Makhtesh Ramon”
- Ukrainian: “Махтеш Рамон”
- Ukrainian: “Махтеш-Рамон”
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