Mount of Olives
The Old City of Jerusalem is that part of Jerusalem surrounded by the impressive 16th-century Ottoman city walls and representing the heart of the city both historically and spiritually.Places of Interest
Highlights: Church of the Pater Noster and Chapel of the Ascension.
Church of the Pater Noster
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gethsemane and At-Tur.
Mount of Olives
- Type: Ridge with an elevation of 790 metres
- Also known as: “Mount Olivet”
- Category: landform
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7779° or 31° 46′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.2451° or 35° 14′ 42″ east
Elevation
790 metres (2,592 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ6HW+52
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount of Olives” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل الزيتون”
- Armenian: “Ձիթենյաց լեռ”
- Azerbaijani: “Zeytun dağı”
- Basque: “Olibetako mendia”
- Bulgarian: “Елеонски хълм”
- Catalan: “Mont de les Oliveres”
- Chinese: “橄榄山”
- Croatian: “Maslinska gora”
- Czech: “Olivová hora”
- Danish: “Oliebjerget”
- Dutch: “Olijfberg”
- Esperanto: “Olivarba monto”
- Finnish: “Öljymäki”
- French: “Mont des Oliviers”
- German: “Ölberg”
- Greek: “Όρος των Ελαιών”
- Hebrew: “הר הזיתים”
- Indonesian: “Bukit Zaitun”
- Irish: “Cnoc na nOlóg”
- Italian: “Monte degli Ulivi”
- Japanese: “オリーブ山”
- Korean: “올리브 산”
- Ladino: “Ar Azeitim”
- Macedonian: “Маслинова Гора”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Oljeberget”
- Norwegian: “Oljeberget”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont dels Olius”
- Persian: “کوه زیتون”
- Polish: “Góra Oliwna”
- Portuguese: “Monte das Oliveiras”
- Romanian: “Muntele Măslinilor”
- Russian: “Елеонская гора”
- Serbian: “Маслинова гора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maslinova gora”
- Slovak: “Olivový vrch”
- Slovenian: “Oljska gora”
- Spanish: “Monte de los Olivos”
- Swedish: “Olivberget”
- Tagalog: “Bundok ng mga Olibo”
- Tamil: “ஒலிவ மலை”
- Turkish: “Zeytindağı”
- Ukrainian: “Оливкова гора”
- Urdu: “جبل زیتون”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Ôliu”
- Western Panjabi: “زیتون دا پعاڑ”
- Yiddish: “הר הזיתים”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ash Shayyāḩ and Ras al-Amud.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount of Olives Hotel and Church of Mary Magdalene.
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