Jabal Musa
| Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) | |
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The summit of Mount Sinai
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,285 m (7,497 ft) |
| Prominence | 332 metres (1,089 ft) |
| Coordinates | 28°32′23″N 33°58′24″E / 28.53972°N 33.97333°ECoordinates: 28°32′23″N 33°58′24″E / 28.53972°N 33.97333°E |
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 Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ)
Sinai Peninsula, showing location of Mount Sinai
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| Location | Sinai, Egypt |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Location | Sinai mountain range, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt 
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| Criteria | i, iii, iv, vi |
| Reference | 954 |
| Coordinates | 28°32′23″N 33°58′24″E / 28.539722222222°N 33.973333333333°E |
| Inscription | 2002 (26th Session) |
 Location of Mount Sinai
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Mount Sinai (Arabic: طُور سِينَاء, translit. Ṭūr Sīnāʼ; Egyptian Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَى, translit. Jabal Mūsā or Gabal Mūsā, lit. 'Moses' Mountain" or "Mount Moses'; Hebrew: הר סיני, translit. Har Sinai; Latin: Mons Sinai), also known as Mount Horeb or Gabal Musa, is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt that is a possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai, which is considered a holy site by the Abrahamic religions. Mount Sinai is mentioned many times in the Book of Exodus and other books of the Bible, and the Quran. According to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, the biblical Mount Sinai was the place where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Mount Sinai is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft) moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the Sinai region. It is next to Mount Catherine (at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, the highest peak in Egypt). It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks of the mountain range.
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