Inscription Hill
Inscription Hill is a hill in Crater District, Aden Governorate and has an elevation of 120 metres. Inscription Hill is situated nearby to the suburb Al Hai at Tigari, as well as near the locality Sālim ‘Alī.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Sira Castle.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding.
Sira Castle
Castle
Photo: Amspost, Public domain.
Sira Fortress/Castle is a military site in Aden, Yemen. The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aden and Crater.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.
Inscription Hill
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 120 metres
- Description: hill in Yemen
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Crater District, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Inscription Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Inscription Hill”
- Dutch: “Inscription Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Hai at Tigari and Sālim ‘Alī.
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