Yatir Forest
Yatir Forest is a forest in Israel on the edge of the Negev Desert. The forest covers an area of 30,000 dunams, and is the largest planted forest in Israel.
- Type: Forest
- Description: forest in Israel
- Also known as: “Fforest Yatir”, “Les Jatir”, “Ya’ar Yatir”, and “Ya`ar Yattir”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Horvat ’Anim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lev Yatir and Livne.
Lev Yatir
Village
Mahane Yatir, also known as Lev Yatir, is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel.
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Yatir Forest
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.34285° or 31° 20′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.05678° or 35° 3′ 24″ east
Elevation
649 metres (2,129 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q83V4+4P
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Yatir Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غابة يتير”
- Belarusian: “Яцір”
- Catalan: “Bosc de Yatir”
- Cebuano: “Ya‘ar Yattir”
- Czech: “Jatirský les”
- Dutch: “Yatir Bos”
- French: “forêt de Yatir”
- French: “Forêt de Yatir”
- German: “Yatirwald”
- Hebrew: “Ya‘ar Yattir”
- Hebrew: “יער יתיר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yatirskogen”
- Russian: “Ятир”
- Spanish: “Bosque de Yatir”
- Swedish: “Yatirskogen”
- Turkish: “Yatir Ormanı”
- Ukrainian: “Ятир”
- Welsh: “Coedwig Yatir”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lev Yattir and Sheikh Mashhūr.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: H̱orbat ‘Anim and Rujm al Midfa‘.
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Worth a closer look: Tel Aviv and Nazareth.
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