Mountain of Smoke explained

Mountain of Smoke
Other Name:Jabal ad Dukhan
Elevation M:134
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:134
Map:Bahrain#Persian Gulf
Map Size:250
Listing:Country high point
Location:Bahrain
Coordinates:26.0389°N 50.5431°W

The Mountain of Smoke (Arabic: جبل الدخان,) is a hill in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain. At 1340NaN0 above mean sea level, it is the country's highest point. The Mountain of Smoke is named as such because of the haze which often surrounds it on humid days. A number of caves of indeterminate type are in the vicinity of the mountain.[2]

Flint dating to the Stone Age has been found on and around the hill.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10475 "Jabal ad Dukhan"
  2. Web site: Collins . Lynn . Life Before the Oil Boom: The way it used to be . 2008-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040408102829/http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG1/beforeoil1.html . 2004-04-08 . dead . (Archived by the Internet Archive here, archived by WebCite, Google cache entry here)
  3. Book: Rice. Michael. The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf. 2002. Routledge. 9781134967933. 149. 17 August 2015.