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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ)
Mount Moses.jpg
The summit of Mount Sinai
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°E / 28.53972; 33.97333Coordinates: 28°32′23″N 33°58′24″E / 28.53972°N 33.97333°E / 28.53972; 33.97333
Geography
Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) is located in Sinai
Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ)
Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ)
Sinai Peninsula, showing location of Mount Sinai
Location Sinai, Egypt
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Saint Catherine Area
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Location Egypt
Type Cultural
Criteria i, iii, iv, vi
Reference 954
UNESCO region Arab States
Inscription history
Inscription 2002 (26th Session)

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), 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. The latter 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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