I Melaẖ
I Melaẖ is an island in Haifa District, Israel. I Melaẖ is situated nearby to the town Atlit, as well as near the locality Alon.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pelegrin Fortress and Naval Base Atlit.
Pelegrin Fortress
Archaeological site
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of Atlit on the northern coast of Israel, about 13 kilometres south of Haifa.
Naval Base Atlit
Naval base
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit.
Atlit Yam
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Atlit Yam is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, Atlit Yam provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the Levantine coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atlit and Neve Yam.
Atlit
Town
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village.
Neve Yam
Village
Ein Carmel
Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
Ein Carmel is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Atlit, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 797. Ein Carmel is situated 3½ km southeast of I Melaẖ.
I Melaẖ
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “I Melah”
- Category: landform
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.70064° or 32° 42′ 2″ northLongitude
34.92894° or 34° 55′ 44″ eastElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8G4PPW2H+7HGeoNames ID
8263150
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Satellite Map
Discover I Melaẖ from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“I Melaẖ” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “I Melaẖ”
- Hebrew: “אי מלח”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alon and Al-Mazar.
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Highlights include Gan Le’ummi ‘Attiqot ‘Atlit and ‘Atlit.
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