Mount Gilboa

Mount Gilboa, sometimes referred to as the Mountains of Gilboa, is a mountain range in . It overlooks the Harod Valley to the north, and the Jordan Valley and Hills to the southeast and to the west, respectively.
Photo: Aaadir, CC0.
  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 496 metres
  • Description: mountain range in northern Israel
  • Also known as: “Gelboe”, “Ghilboa”, “Har HaGilboa”, “Hare Gilboa‘”, “Harei Hagilboa”, “Jebel Faqqu‘a”, “Jebel Faqqua”, “monti di Gelboe”, “monti di Ghilboa”, “Mountains of Gilboa‘”, “Гелвуй”, “Гилвуй”, “Ґільбоа”, “גלבוע”, “הגלבוע”, and “הר גלבוע”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Horbat Gefet and Gan HaShlosha.

Ruins
Khirbat al-Jawfa' was a Palestinian Arab village that…

Water park
National Park, also known by its Arabic name Sakhne, is a national park in Israel. is situated 3½ km northeast of Mount Gilboa.

Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa is a Shiluv Yeshiva located…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ale Gilboa and Faqqua.

Village
Ma'ale Gilboa is a religious kibbutz located on the…

Village
Faqqu'a is a village on the northern , known…

Village
is a Palestinian village in the West Bank… is situated 3 km south of Mount Gilboa.

Mount Gilboa

Latitude
32.48646° or 32° 29′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.41932° or 35° 25′ 10″ east
Elevation
496 metres (1,627 feet)
Open location code
8G4QFCP9+HP
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mount Gilboa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال جلبوع”
  • Basque: “Gilboa”
  • Breton: “Menez Gilboa”
  • Bulgarian: “Гелвуя”
  • Catalan: “Guilboa”
  • Chinese: “基利波”
  • Czech: “Gilboa”
  • Danish: “Gilboa”
  • Dutch: “Mount Gilboa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جبال جلبوع”
  • Finnish: “Gilboa”
  • French: “mont Guilboa”
  • French: “Mont Guilboa”
  • German: “Gilboa”
  • German: “Mount Gilboa”
  • Hebrew: “Haré Gilboa‘”
  • Hebrew: “Haré Gilboa”
  • Hebrew: “הר הגלבוע”
  • Hebrew: “הרי גלבע”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Gilboa”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Ghiolbóá”
  • Italian: “monte Ghilboa”
  • Italian: “Monte Gilboa”
  • Japanese: “ギルボア山”
  • Korean: “길보아산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Gilboa”
  • Lithuanian: “Gilboja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilboafjellet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gilboafjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Gilboafjellet”
  • Persian: “کوه جلبوع”
  • Polish: “Gilboa”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Gilboa”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Gilboa”
  • Russian: “Гильбоа”
  • Serbian: “Гилбоа”
  • Slovenian: “Gilboa”
  • Spanish: “Gilboa”
  • Swedish: “Gilboa”
  • Turkish: “Gilboa Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гільбоа”
  • Venetian: “Monte Ghilboa”
  • Vietnamese: “nui gilboa”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Beit Alfa and Heftziba.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mitspe Gilboa‘ and Mt. Yizpor.

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