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Gilf Kebir

Gilf Kebir is a plateau in the of the remote southwest corner of , and southeast . Its name translates as "the Great Barrier".
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  • Type: Rock with an elevation of 1,015 metres
  • Description: mountain range
  • Also known as: “Gilf el-Kebir”, “Gilf Kebir Plateau”, and “Hadabat al Jilf al Kabir”

Gilf Kebir

Latitude
23.7367° or 23° 44′ 12″ north
Longitude
25.73558° or 25° 44′ 8″ east
Elevation
1,015 metres (3,330 feet)
Open location code
7GM7PPPP+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 290075442
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bare_rock
Geo­Names ID
355051
Wiki­data ID
Q1462530
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Gilf Kebir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجلف الكبير”
  • Arabic: “هضبة الجلف الكبير”
  • Basque: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Cebuano: “Haḑabat al Jilf al Kabīr”
  • Chinese: “吉夫·基比爾高原”
  • Chinese: “吉夫基比爾高原”
  • Chinese: “吉尔夫·基比尔高原”
  • Chinese: “吉爾夫凱比爾高原”
  • Czech: “Gilf Kabír”
  • Czech: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Dutch: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجلف الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Finnish: “Gilf el-Kebir”
  • French: “Gilf al-Kabir”
  • French: “Gilf El Kebir Plateau”
  • French: “Grotte des nageurs”
  • Galician: “Gilf Kebir”
  • German: “al-Gilf al-Kabir”
  • German: “Gilf el Kebir”
  • German: “Gilf el-Kebir”
  • German: “Gilf Kebir”
  • German: “Gilf-Kebir-Plateau”
  • Greek: “Γκιλφ αλ Κεμπίρ”
  • Hebrew: “גילף כביר”
  • Hungarian: “Gilf Kebir plató”
  • Hungarian: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Italian: “Altopiano del Gilf Kebir”
  • Italian: “Altopiano di Gilf Kebir”
  • Italian: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Ladin: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Lithuanian: “Džilf Kebiras”
  • Lithuanian: “Gilf el Kebiro plynaukštė”
  • Polish: “Dżilf al-Kabir”
  • Polish: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Polish: “Hadabat al-Dżilf al-Kabir”
  • Portuguese: “Gilf Kebir”
  • Spanish: “Meseta de Gilf Kebir”
  • Swedish: “Haḑabat al Jilf al Kabīr”
  • Swedish: “Hadabat al-Jilf al-Kabir”
  • Venetian: “Gilf Kebir”

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