Willow Peak Explained
| Willow Peak |
| Other Name: | Ras es-Safsafeh |
| Elevation M: | 1970 |
| Location: | Egypt |
| Map: | Egypt |
| Map Size: | 270 |
| Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 28.5557°N 33.9671°W |
Willow Peak or Ras es-Safsafeh (Arabic: رأس صفصافة) is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula. The mountain peak overlooks Saint Catherine's Monastery, and is situated approximately 1km to the west.[1]
Christian tradition considers the mountain to be the biblical Mount Horeb.[2]
Notes and References
- Book: Manley. Deborah. Abdel-Hakim. Sahar. Traveling Through Sinai: From the Fourth to the Twenty-First Century. April 2009. American Univ in Cairo Press. 978-977-416-281-7. 159–.
- Book: Tenney, Merrill C.. The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 5: Revised Full-Color Edition. 10 August 2010. Zondervan Academic. 978-0-310-87700-4. 1157. Christian tradition generally claims Ras es-Safsaf as the Biblical Horeb and Jebel Musa as Sinai. .
