List of mountains in the Golan Heights explained

This is a list of mountains in the Golan Heights.

NameHeightCoordinatesNotes
Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ, Jabal el-Shaykh, Hebrew: הר חרמון, Har Hermon)2814m (9,232feet)[1] Parts of Mount Hermon's southern slopes fall within the northern Golan Heights.
Mount Hermonit (Hebrew: הר חרמונית, Har Hermonit)1216m (3,990feet)[2] An inactive volcano in the northern Golan Heights.
Mount Baron (Hebrew: הר בראון, Har Baron)1056m (3,465feet) Part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern Golan Heights.
Mount Hosek (Hebrew: הר חוזק, Har Hosek)1158m (3,799feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the eastern Golan Heights.
Mount Ram (Hebrew: הר רם, Har Ram, lit. High Mountain)1188m (3,898feet)[3] Part of an extinct volcano in the northern Golan Heights.
Mount Shifon (Hebrew: הר שיפון, Har Shifon)977m (3,205feet)[4] Part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern the Golan Heights.
Mount Odem/Ras al-Ahmar (Hebrew: הר אודם, Har Odem, lit. Ruby Mountain, Arabic: رأس الأحمر, Ras al-Ahmar)1100m (3,600feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the northern Golan Heights.
Tall al-Faras/Mount Peres (Arabic: تل الفرس, Tall al-Faras, Hebrew: הר פרס, Har Peres)929m (3,048feet)Volcanic mountain located in central Golan Heights.
Mount Avital/Tall Abu an Nada (Hebrew: הר אביטל, Har Avital, Arabic: تل أبو الندى, Tall Abu an Nada)1204m (3,950feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern Golan Heights.
Mount Bental/Tal Al-Gharam (Hebrew: הר בנטל, Har Bental, Arabic: تل الغرام, Tal Al-Gharam)1171m (3,842feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern Golan Heights.
Mount Bnei Rasan/Tall al Ghassaniyah (Hebrew: הר בני רסן, Har Bnei Rasan, Arabic: تلّ الغسانية, Tall al Ghassaniyah)1072m (3,517feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the eastern Golan Heights. Atop the mountain is the Golan Heights Wind Farm.
Tall al Makhfi (Arabic: تل المخفي, Tall al Makhfi)1055m (3,461feet)Mountain in the northeastern Golan Heights, north of Quneitra.
Mount Varda/Tall Wardah (Hebrew: הר ורדה, Har Varda, lit. Rose Mountain, Arabic: تل وردة, Tall Wardah)1226m (4,022feet)[5] [6] [7] Part of an extinct volcano in the northern Golan Heights.
Mount Yosifon/Tall Yusuf (Hebrew: הר יוסיפון, Har Yosifon, Arabic: تل يوسف, Tall Yusuf)981m (3,219feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the central Golan Heights.
Mount Hermonit/Tell al-Sheikh (Hebrew: הר חרמונית, Har Hermonit, Arabic: تل الشيخ, Tell al-Sheikh)1211m (3,973feet)Part of an extinct volcano in the northern Golan Heights.
Givat Orha/Tel Jukhdar (Hebrew: גבעת אורחה, Givat Orha, Arabic: تل جوخدار, Tel Jukhdar)646m (2,119feet)[8] Hill in southeastern Golan Heights.
Mount Kramim/Tell Sader al-Arus (Hebrew: הר כרמים, Har Kramim, lit. Vineyards Mountain, Arabic: تل صدر العروس, Tell Sader al-Arus)1198m (3,930feet)[9] Part of an extinct volcano in northern Golan Heights.
Tell Saki (Hebrew: תל א-סאקי, Tell a-Saki, Arabic: تل الساقي), Tell al-Saki)594m (1,949feet)Small extinct volcano in southern Golan Heights.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: middle-east-online.com . 2010-04-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071224205505/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=15277 . 2007-12-24 . dead .
  2. Web site: Mount Hermonit .
  3. Mount Ram - Israel and Syria: peace and security on the Golan
  4. Mount Shifon - Israel and Syria: peace and security on the Golan p. 105.
  5. Southern Lebanon Border Area 1986
  6. South Lebanon and Vicinity 1976
  7. Golan Heights and vicinity 1994
  8. http://www.kkl.org.il/kkl/english/main_subject/from%20the%20press/december%202007%20-%20from%20the%20press/new%20road%20connects%20north%20and%20south%20golan.x kkl.org.il
  9. Tell Sader al-Arus/Mount Kramim - Israel and Syria: peace and security on the Golan