Anti-Lebanon Mountains
The Anti-Lebanon Mountains, are a southwest–northeast-trending, c. 150 kilometres long mountain range that forms most of the border between Syria and Lebanon. The border is largely defined along the crest of the range.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hermon.
Mount Hermon
Peak
Photo: Amit Moscovich, Public domain.
The Golan Heights is a rocky plateau at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, and straddles the borders of Syria and Israel. Israel held about two-thirds of the territory until 2025, when it extended its control.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rashaya and Aaiha.
Rashaya
Photo: Hardscarf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rashaya راشيا is a town in Lebanon. Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi as it was known is the site of ancient temples built by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.
Aaiha
Aaiha ايحه is a village in Lebanon. The village is known as the site of the "fountain of the Hasbani ", a temporary wetland, an ancient temple and rock carvings created by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.Ain Aata
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ain Aata, Ain Ata, 'Ain 'Ata or Ayn Aata is a village and municipality situated southwest of Rashaya, 99 kilometres south-east of Beirut, in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
Anti-Lebanon Mountains
- Type: Mountain range
- Category: landform
- Location: Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.42° or 33° 25′ 12″ northLongitude
35.85° or 35° 51′ eastOpen location code
8G5QCRCX+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 5202448222OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Anti-Lebanon Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال لبنان الشرقية”
- Czech: “Antilibanon”
- Hebrew: “מול הלבנון”
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