I Melaẖ

I Melaẖ is an island in , . I Melaẖ is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pelegrin Fortress and Naval Base Atlit.

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 on the northern coast of , about 13 kilometres south of .

Naval base
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Atlit naval base is a classified Israeli Navy base on the northern Mediterranean coast of . The base is home to Shayetet 13, Israel's naval commando unit.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of , Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the coast.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Atlit and Neve Yam.

Town
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coastal town located south of , . The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the of Israel. Off the coast of is a submerged Neolithic village.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern . Located around twenty kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 301.

Village
Photo: ד’ר אורי לוי, Public domain.
is a kibbutz in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 797. is situated 3½ km southeast of I Melaẖ.

I Melaẖ

Latitude
32.70064° or 32° 42′ 2″ north
Longitude
34.92894° or 34° 55′ 44″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
8G4PPW2H+7H
Geo­Names ID
8263150
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Satellite Map

Discover I Melaẖ from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“I Melaẖ” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “I Melaẖ”
  • Hebrew: “אי מלח”

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