Mount Precipice

Mount Precipice, also known as Mount of Precipitation, Mount of the Leap of the Lord and Mount Kedumim is located just outside the southern edge of , 2.0 km southwest of the modern city center.
Wikipedia
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 397 metres
  • Description: mountain south of Nazareth in Israel
  • Also known as: “Har Haqfisah”, “Har HaQfitsa”, “Har Kdumim”, “Har Qafza”, “Har Qedumim”, “Jabal al Cafza”, “Jabal al-Qafza”, “Jabal Qafza”, “Jebel el Cafza”, “Jebel el Qafzah”, “Jebel Kafsy”, “Leap of Our Lord”, “Leap of the Lord”, “Leaping Mountain”, “Mount Hakifza”, “Mount Kdumim”, “Mount Kedumim”, “Mount of Precipice”, “Mount of Precipitation”, “Mount of the Leap”, “Mount Qafza”, “Mount Qafzeh”, and “Mount Qedumim”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Qafzeh Cave and Church of the Annunciation.

Cave
Photo: LS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Kedumim Cave, is a prehistoric archaeological site located at the bottom of Mount Precipice in the of south of , .

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
The , sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation, is a church in , in northern . It is one of two claimants to the site of the Annunciation – in which angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she would give birth to Jesus – the other being the .

Stadium
Photo: Little Savage, Public domain.
Green Stadium is a football in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yafa an-Naseriyye and Iksal.

Town
Photo: Amit A., Public domain.
is an Arab town in Israel. It forms part of the metropolitan area of , also an Arab locality. Declared a local council in 1960, it had a population of 18,837 in 2024, approximately 80.7% of whom were Muslim and 19.3% Christian.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Arab local council in northern , about 5 kilometres southeast of . It has an area of 9,000 dunams and a population of 15,134 primarily Muslim inhabitants.

Village
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
is a moshav in northern . Located between and , it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,335.

Mount Precipice

Latitude
32.68075° or 32° 40′ 51″ north
Longitude
35.29802° or 35° 17′ 53″ east
Elevation
397 metres (1,302 feet)
Open location code
8G4QM7JX+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477641
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
293870
Wiki­data ID
Q2602652
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Mount Precipice” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Mons Excelsus Valde”
  • Arabic: “جبل القفزة”
  • Arabic: “جبل كدوميم”
  • Basque: “Amildegiaren mendia”
  • Catalan: “Muntanya del Precipici”
  • Cebuano: “Har Qedumim (arkiyolohiyang dapit, lat 32,68, long 35,30)”
  • Cebuano: “Har Qedumim”
  • Chinese: “卡夫泽”
  • Chinese: “卡夫澤”
  • Czech: “Har ha-Kfica”
  • Czech: “Har HaKfitza”
  • Czech: “Har Kidumim”
  • Dutch: “Mount Precipice”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل القفزه”
  • French: “Le Saut de Nostre Seigneur”
  • French: “Le Saut”
  • French: “Mont de la Précipitation”
  • French: “mont du Précipice”
  • French: “Mont du Précipice”
  • Hebrew: “Har HaQefiẕa”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל אל-קפזה”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל אלקפזה”
  • Hebrew: “ג’בל קפזה”
  • Hebrew: “הר הקפיצה”
  • Hebrew: “הר קדומים”
  • Italian: “Jebel Qafzeh”
  • Italian: “Monte del Precipizio”
  • Italian: “Monte del Salto”
  • Ladin: “Mount Precipice”
  • Latin: “Saltus Domini”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Kedumim”
  • Polish: “Har Kidumim”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Precipício”
  • Russian: “Гора Свержения”
  • Spanish: “Monte del Precipicio”
  • Tamil: “கஃப்சா மலை”
  • Venetian: “Monte del Precipizio”

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