Ein Netafim
Ein Netafim is a water spring in the Eilat mountains located near the Israeli border with Egypt. The spring is located about seven kilometers north of the city of Eilat, near the Highway 12 road which leads to Eilat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: spring in Israel
- Also known as: “‘Ein Netafim”, “`En Netafim”, and “Bir Qattar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Har Shlomo and Netafim Border Crossing.
Netafim Border Crossing
Border checkpoint
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The Netafim Border Crossing was a border crossing between Israel and Egypt. It was located adjacent to Highway 12, about 12 km north of Eilat, 1 km north west of Ein Netafim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eilat and Eilot.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Eilot
Village
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Eilot is the southernmost kibbutz in Israel. It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with Jordan. Eilot is less than a kilometer north of Eilat, and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea. Eilot is situated 8 km east of Ein Netafim.
Ein Netafim
- Category: spring
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ein Netafim” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين نطفيم”
- Cebuano: “‘En Netafim”
- Hebrew: “עין נטפים”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Netafim”
- Swedish: “‘En Netafim”
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