Mount Arbel
Mount Arbel is a mountain in the Lower Galilee near Tiberias in Israel, with high cliffs, views of Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights, a cave-fortress, and ruins of an ancient synagogue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 161 metres
- Description: Israeli mountain in The Lower Galilee near Tiberias
- Also known as: “Har Arbel” and “Mt. Arbel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Nitai and Migdal Synagogue.
Mt. Nitai
Scenic viewpoint
Mount Nitai, sometimes spelled Nitay, is a mountain in Israel situated west of the Sea of Galilee and north of the city of Tiberias. Har Nitai is named after Nittai of Arbela.
Migdal Synagogue
Archaeological site
Photo: AVRAMGR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Migdal Synagogue or Magdala Synagogue is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, discovered at the ancient city of Magdala, close to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in northeastern Israel.
Arbel synagogue
Archaeological site
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbel synagogue is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include חמאם and Migdal.
חמאם
Village
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
Wadi al-Hammam, or Wadi Hamam, is an Arab village in northern Israel, located near the Sea of Galilee, at the foot of Mount Nitai and across the Wadi Hamam valley from Mount Arbel.
Migdal
Village
Photo: אסף.צ, Public domain.
Migdal is a town in the Northern District of Israel. It was founded in 1910, and granted local council status in 1949. In 2023 it had a population of 2,171.
Arbel
Village
Photo: Almog, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbel is a moshav in northern Israel. Located beside Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council.
Mount Arbel
- Categories: mountain, national park, nature reserve, and landform
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.82479° or 32° 49′ 29″ northLongitude
35.49994° or 35° 29′ 60″ eastElevation
161 metres (528 feet)Open location code
8G4QRFFX+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 366510298OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mount Arbel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “واد الحمام”
- Azerbaijani: “Arbel dağı”
- Cebuano: “Har Arbel”
- Chinese: “亞伯山”
- Czech: “Har Arbel”
- Czech: “Hora Arbel”
- Dutch: “Har Arbel”
- Dutch: “Mount Arbel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل واد الحمام”
- Finnish: “Arbelvuori”
- French: “mont Arbel”
- French: “Mont Arbel”
- German: “Arbel”
- German: “Berg Arbel”
- Hebrew: “הר ארבל”
- Hebrew: “מצוק ארבל”
- Hebrew: “מצוק הארבל”
- Japanese: “アルベル山”
- Kurdish: “arbel”
- Ladin: “Mount Arbel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Har Arbel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Har Arbel”
- Norwegian: “Har Arbel”
- Persian: “کوه آربل”
- Russian: “Арбель”
- Spanish: “Monte Arbel”
- Swedish: “Har Arbel”
- Ukrainian: “Арбель”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Arbel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hamaam and Migdal.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carob View Point and מבנה ומערות.
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