Horvat Eleq
Horvat Eleq is located in the southeastern area of Ramat HaNadiv, at the southern edge of Mount Carmel at an altitude of 141 meters above sea level. Nearby within 10 km are the cities of Dor, Caesarea and their ports, Tel Taninim and Tel Mevorakh to the west and Tel Burga to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Owenglyndur, CC BY 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in northern Israel
- Also known as: “Alek Ruins”, “Horbat `Eleq”, “Khirbet Alek”, and “Khirbet Umm el-‘Alek”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ein Zur and Kebara Cave.
Kebara Cave
Cave
Kebara Cave is a limestone cave locality in Wadi Kebara, Israel, situated at 60 to 65 m above sea level on the western escarpment of the Carmel Range, in the Ramat HaNadiv preserve of Zichron Yaakov. Kebara Cave is situated 1½ km northwest of Horvat Eleq.
Ramat HaNadiv - Baron’s grave
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ramat HaNadiv, is a nature park and garden in northern Israel, covering 4.5 km at the southern end of Mount Carmel between Zikhron Ya'akov to the north and Binyamina to the south. The Jewish National Fund planted pine and cypress groves in most of the area. Ramat HaNadiv - Baron’s grave is situated 600 metres northwest of Horvat Eleq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ma’yan Tsevi and Zikhron Ya’akov.
Ma’yan Tsevi
Village
Ma'ayan Tzvi is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Zikhron Ya'akov, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 792.
Zikhron Ya’akov
Photo: israeltourism, CC BY 2.0.
Zikhron Ya'akov is a small town in the south slope of the Carmel Range, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded in 1882 by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. It is famous for the Carmel Winery, and for the midrahov in the city center.
Ma’agan Michael
Village
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma'agan Michael is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast between Haifa and Hadera, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. Ma’agan Michael is situated 3½ km west of Horvat Eleq.
Horvat Eleq
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.55097° or 32° 33′ 4″ northLongitude
34.95139° or 34° 57′ 5″ eastElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
8G4PHX22+9HOpenStreetMap ID
way 260136864OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
8142048Wikidata ID
Q125510198
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In Other Languages
“Horvat Eleq” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat ‘Eleq”
- Hebrew: “H̱orbat Elek”
- Hebrew: “חורבת עלק”
- Hebrew: “חרבת עלק”
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