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Haifa District

Atlit camp

The Atlit detainee camp was a internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the , 20 kilometres south of .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: internment camp in Mandatory Palestine
  • Also known as: “Atlit detainee camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Le Destroit and Atlit Yam.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined medieval fortified road station, built by the Templars of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the early 12th century CE, located on the Mediterranean shore near a site where they later built the Chateau Pelerin castle, today close to the modern town of , . is situated 620 metres southwest of Atlit camp.

Archaeological site
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is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of , Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the coast. is situated 1½ km west of Atlit camp.

Archaeological site
Photo: Golf Bravo, Public domain.
Château Pèlerin, also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2 kilometres north of the modern Israeli town of on the northern coast of , about 13 kilometres south of . is situated 1½ km southwest of Atlit camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Megadim and Atlit.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a moshav in northern . Located on the Mediterranean coast near and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,222.

Town
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is a coastal town located south of , . The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the of Israel. Off the coast of is a submerged Neolithic village. is situated 2½ km south of Atlit camp.

Village
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is a in in northern . Located at the foot of and southeast of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and has the status of community settlement. is situated 3½ km southeast of Atlit camp.

Atlit camp

Latitude
32.7127° or 32° 42′ 46″ north
Longitude
34.94917° or 34° 56′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G4PPW7X+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 132578467
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2902412
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Hebrew—“Atlit camp” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Internační tábor Atlit”
  • Dutch: “Interneringskamp Atlit”
  • French: “camp de détention d’Atlit”
  • French: “Camp de détention d’Atlit”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה המעפילים בעתלית”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה המעפילים עתלית”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה המעצר בעתלית”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה עתלית”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ZooMall and Derekh HaYam.

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