Ein Netafim

Ein Netafim is a water spring in the mountains located near the Israeli border with Egypt. The spring is located about seven kilometers north of the city of Eilat, near the Highway 12 road which leads to Eilat.
Wikipedia
Photo: יאיר צפורי, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Spring (intermittent)
  • Description: spring in Israel
  • Also known as: “`Ein Netafim” and “Bir Qattar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Netafim Border Crossing and Har Shlomo.

Border checkpoint
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The was a border crossing between and . It was located adjacent to Highway 12, about 12 km north of , 1 km north west of . is situated 1¼ km west of Ein Netafim.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Ein Netafim.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eilat and Eilot.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.

Village
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is the southernmost kibbutz in . It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with . is less than a kilometer north of , and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea. is situated 8 km east of Ein Netafim.

Ein Netafim

Latitude
29.59686° or 29° 35′ 49″ north
Longitude
34.88118° or 34° 52′ 52″ east
Open location code
7GXPHVWJ+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3328163713
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5349586
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Ein Netafim” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عين نطفيم”
  • Cebuano: “‘En Netafim”
  • Hebrew: “עין נטפים”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Netafim”
  • Swedish: “‘En Netafim”

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