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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Har Shlomo and Yoseftal hospital.

Har Shlomo

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: MathKnight, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Har Shlomo is a scenic viewpoint.

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.

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
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Latitude

29.56028° or 29° 33′ 37″ north

Longitude

34.90361° or 34° 54′ 13″ east

Elevation

350 metres (1,148 feet)

Open location code

7GXPHW63+4C

GeoNames ID

295275

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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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