Ma‘ale Eilat
Ma‘ale Eilat is a pass in Southern District, Israel and has an elevation of 350 metres. Ma‘ale Eilat is situated nearby to the locality Mitspe Yam, as well as near Tseelim.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Har Shlomo and Yoseftal hospital.
Yoseftal hospital
Hospital
Yoseftal Medical Center is a hospital in Eilat, Israel. Yoseftal Hospital, founded in 1968, is the southernmost hospital in Israel and the only hospital covering the southern Negev desert. Yoseftal hospital is situated 3½ km east of Ma‘ale Eilat.
Consulate General of Egypt
Government office
Photo: Marsupium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Consulate General of Egypt is a government office, which is situated 4 km east of Ma‘ale Eilat.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 6 km east of Ma‘ale Eilat.
Taba
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taba, in the eastern Sinai peninsula of Egypt, is on the border with Israel, close to the city and airport of Eilat. The area within one km of the border is a duty-free zone with a couple of large resort hotels, a few shops, the bus station and other amenities.
Ma‘ale Eilat
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 350 metres
- Also known as: “Ma’ale Eilat”, “Ma‘ale Elat”, “Ma‘bar Eilat”, and “Naqb el ‘Aqaba”
- Category: landform
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.56028° or 29° 33′ 37″ northLongitude
34.90361° or 34° 54′ 13″ eastElevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)Open location code
7GXPHW63+4CGeoNames ID
295275
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Ma‘ale Eilat” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “معاليه عيليت”
- Arabic: “نقب العقبة”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mitspe Yam and Tseelim.
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Highlights include Har Assa and Har Yehoshafat.
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