Jibal al Dayr
Jibal al Dayr is a peak in Ma’an Governorate, Jordan. Jibal al Dayr is situated nearby to the village Umm Sayhoun, as well as near the locality Ras Mulayh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery (Ad Deir) and The Treasury (Al-Khazneh).
Monastery (Ad Deir)
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Ed-Deir, also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. The Deir was probably carved in the mid-first century AD.
The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)
Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Khazneh, also known as Khazneh el-Far'oun, is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.
Beidha
Archaeological site
Photo: Odilia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beidha, also sometimes Bayda, is a major Neolithic archaeological site a few kilometres north of Petra near Siq al-Barid in Jordan. It is included in Petra's inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petra and Petra.
Petra
Photo: Faraheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petra, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time", is a well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of Jordan. Due to its breathtaking grandeur and fabulous ruins, Petra was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.
Petra
Town
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wadi Musa is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative center of the Petra Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra, being only 3.5 km away.
Jibal al Dayr
- Type: Peak
- Also known as: “Jibāl ad Dayr”
- Category: landform
- Location: Ma’an Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.35° or 30° 21′ northLongitude
35.45° or 35° 27′ eastOpen location code
8G2Q8CXX+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 802551605OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Jibal al Dayr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال الدير”
- French: “Jibal al Dayr”
- German: “Jibal al Dayr”
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Localities in the Area
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