Atlit
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: elit@hcarmel.org.il
- Type: Town with 7,390 residents
- Description: coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel.
- Also known as: “‘Athlīt”, “‘Athlīth”, “Athlith”, and “ʻAtlit”
- Historically known as: “Athlit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Atlit and Naval Base Atlit.
Atlit
Railway station
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Atlit railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the town of Atlit as well as the surrounding rural communities and military bases. With 363,614 passengers recorded in 2019, it was the least-used station in the Haifa District.
Naval Base Atlit
Naval base
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit.
Pelegrin Fortress
Archaeological site
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about 13 kilometres south of Haifa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neve Yam and Ein Carmel.
Neve Yam
Village
Ein Carmel
Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
Ein Carmel is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 800.
Geva Carmel
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geva Carmel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,126. Geva Carmel is situated 3½ km south of Atlit.
Atlit
- Categories: human settlement, depopulated Palestinian village, village, former settlement, and locality
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.69071° or 32° 41′ 27″ northLongitude
34.94227° or 34° 56′ 32″ eastPopulation
7,390Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)Inception
1903United Nations Location Code
IL ATTOpen location code
8G4PMWRR+7WOpenStreetMap ID
node 246264514OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
295613Wikidata ID
Q757398
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Atlit” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عتليت، حيفا”
- Arabic: “عتليت”
- Armenian: “Ատլիտ”
- Belarusian: “Атліт”
- Catalan: “Atlit”
- Cebuano: “‘Atlit”
- Chinese: “阿特里特”
- Czech: “Atlit”
- Danish: “Atlit”
- Dutch: “Atlit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عتليت”
- Finnish: “Atlit”
- French: “Atlit”
- German: “Athlit”
- German: “Atlit-Jam”
- German: “Atlit”
- Hebrew: “עטלית”
- Hebrew: “עתלית”
- Indonesian: “Atlit”
- Irish: “Atlit”
- Italian: “Atlit”
- Japanese: “アトリット”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Atlit”
- Polish: “Atlit”
- Portuguese: “Atlit”
- Portuguese: “Atlite”
- Russian: “Атлит”
- Spanish: “Atlit”
- Swedish: “‘Atlit”
- Turkish: “Atlit”
- Urdu: “عتلیت”
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