Djelfa Province
Hassi Bahbah
Ain Maabed

Rocher de Sel

Rocher de Sel, known in Arabic as Khanguet-el-Melah, is a large geological formation in the Ouled Naïl Range, near the town of . Rocher de Sel is composed of a mixture of salt and clay, and is nearly 1,500 m in diameter and 105 m tall.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Rock
  • Description: large geological formation in the Ouled Naïl Range, near the town of Djelfa
  • Also known as: “Khanguet-el-Melah”, “Salt Rock”, and “The Salt Rock”

Rocher de Sel

Latitude
34.83432° or 34° 50′ 4″ north
Longitude
3.09304° or 3° 5′ 35″ east
Elevation
921 metres (3,022 feet)
Open location code
8F65R3MV+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 387174487
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bare_rock
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2481940
Wiki­data ID
Q23790303
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Rocher de Sel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حجر الملح”
  • Asturian: “Rocher de Sel”
  • Cebuano: “Rocher de Sel”
  • Dutch: “Rocher de Sel”
  • Esperanto: “Roko de Salo”
  • French: “Rocher de sel”
  • Swedish: “Rocher de Sel”

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