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Dead Sea

The Dead Sea has its western coast in and the . It is the lowest point in the world at 394.6 m below sea level. 25 km of Dead Sea coastline lie within Palestinian Authority territory, including and Ein Feshka.
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  • Type: geographical feature
  • Description: Israel and West Bank side of the Dead Sea
  • Also known as: “Dead Sea (Israel)”, “Dead Sea (Palestine)”, “Israeli Dead Sea”, and “Palestinian Dead Sea”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mitzpe Shalem and Metsoke Dragot.

Village
Photo: Dnd man, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an Israeli settlement and former kibbutz in the eastern . Located near Highway 90 about 21 kilometres north of Ein Gedi and 10 kilometres north of the Green Line about 1 km from the western shores of the , it is the southernmost community under the jurisdiction of Megilot Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Omer bern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Dead Sea

Latitude
31.561° or 31° 33′ 40″ north
Longitude
35.4435° or 35° 26′ 37″ east
Open location code
8G3QHC6V+CC
Wiki­data ID
Q14913946
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Dead Sea” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “মৃত সাগর”
  • Chinese: “死海”
  • Finnish: “Kuollutmeri”
  • German: “Totes Meer (Israel)”
  • German: “Totes Meer”
  • Hebrew: “בקעת ים המלח”
  • Hebrew: “דרום בקעת ים המלח”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Mati (Israel dan Tepi Barat)”
  • Indonesian: “Laut Mati”
  • Italian: “costa occidentale del Mar Morto”
  • Italian: “Mar Morto”
  • Russian: “Израильское Мёртвое море”
  • Russian: “Мёртвое море”
  • Vietnamese: “Biển Chết”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Dead Sea”. Photo: EvgeniT, CC BY-SA 3.0.