Har Shahmon Desert Kite

Har Shahmon Desert Kite is an archaeological site in , . Har Shahmon Desert Kite is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yoseftal hospital and Eilat History Museum.

Hospital
Yoseftal Medical Center is a hospital in , . , founded in 1968, is the southernmost hospital in Israel and the only hospital covering the southern Negev desert. is situated 3½ km south of Har Shahmon Desert Kite.

Museum
The Eilat City Museum is a history museum in Eilat, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the history of the development of the city of Eilat. is situated 3½ km south of Har Shahmon Desert Kite.

Shopping center
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY 3.0.
is a shopping center, which is situated 4 km southeast of Har Shahmon Desert Kite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eilot and Eilat.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.

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
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 6 km southeast of Har Shahmon Desert Kite.

Har Shahmon Desert Kite

Latitude
29.58476° or 29° 35′ 5″ north
Longitude
34.94707° or 34° 56′ 50″ east
Open location code
7GXPHWMW+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8777437228
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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In Other Languages

“Har Shahmon Desert Kite” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “עפיפון הר שחמון”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include מצפור אליק and חניון לילה.

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