Jabal al Jirānīt

Jabal al Jirānīt is a hill in Aswan Governorate, Egypt and has an elevation of 160 metres. Jabal al Jirānīt is situated nearby to the village Shellal, as well as near the locality Ash Shallāl.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Philae and Sehel Island.

Philae

Islet

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Philae Island was an island near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Due to the building of the Aswan Low Dam, the island is today submerged. Philae is situated 3½ km south of Jabal al Jirānīt.

Sehel Island

Island

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Sehel Island is located in the Nile, about 2 miles southwest of Aswan in southern Egypt. It is a large island, and is roughly halfway between the city and the upstream Aswan Low Dam. Sehel Island is situated 3 km northwest of Jabal al Jirānīt.

Unfinished obelisk

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The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. Unfinished obelisk is situated 3 km north of Jabal al Jirānīt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shellal and Aswan.

Shellal

Village

Shellal is a small ancient village on the banks of the Nile, south of Aswan in Upper Egypt. It was the traditional northern frontier of the Nubian region with both the Egyptian Empire and the Roman Empire.

Aswan

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Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population of 275,000. Aswan is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor.

Nile 1st. Cataract

Locality

The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile river, between Khartoum and Aswan, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. Nile 1st. Cataract is situated 9 km south of Jabal al Jirānīt.

Jabal al Jirānīt

Type: Hill with an elevation of 160 metres
Also known as: “El Granite”, “Gebel el Granite”, and “Jabal al Jiranit”
Category: landform
Location: Aswan Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude

24.05° or 24° 3′ north

Longitude

32.9° or 32° 54′ east

Elevation

160 metres (525 feet)

Open location code

7GPJ2WX2+X2

GeoNames ID

355027

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