Abu Ballas
Abu Ballas is an archaeological site in the Libyan Desert of Egypt. It lies about 200 km south-west of the Dakhla Oases and consists of two isolated sandstone cones in the otherwise flat desert.
- Peak rising to 461 metres (1,512 feet)
- Description: hill in Egypt
- Also known as“Abū Ballāş, Abu Ballas”“Pottery Hill”
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Latitude
24.43896° or 24° 26′ 20″ north
Longitude
27.6488° or 27° 38′ 56″ east
Open location code
7GP9CJQX+HG
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Abu Ballas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبو بلاس”
- Arabic: “أبو بلاص”
- Catalan: “Abu Ballas”
- Cebuano: “Abū Ballāş”
- Dutch: “Abu Ballas”
- French: “Abou Ballas”
- French: “Abu Ballas”
- German: “Abū Ballāṣ”
- Hungarian: “Abu Ballas, Fazekas-domb”
- Persian: “ابو بلاس”
- Russian: “Абу Баллас”
- Spanish: “Abu Ballas”
- Swahili: “Abu Ballas”
- Swedish: “Abū Ballāş”
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