The Eilat Mountains (Hebrew: הרי אילתHarei Eilat) are a mountain range within the southern Negev in southern Israel.[1] The ranges of the Timna Valley belong to the Eilat Mountains.[2] Among the central block of mountains, Mount Hezekiah is the highest, followed by Mount Solomon. The mountains overlook the Gulf of Aqaba, which is part of the Red Sea.
Eilat Mountains
Eilat Mountains reflection in the Gulf of Aqaba, 2007
The mountain range is named after the nearby city of Eilat and the biblical name of the city Eilot (Eiloth), situated where today the city of Aqaba (Jordan) is located.
Neighboring countriesedit
From the top of Mt. Tzfachot, in the southern tip of the mountain range, visitors may see Egyptian land (via the Sinai Peninsula) when looking southwestward. Visitors looking eastward, across the Gulf of Aqaba, may also see Jordanian land. On clear days, as well, Saudi Arabia can be seen, looking southeastward (also across the Gulf of Aqaba).
In the background, Egypt can be seen from Mt. Tzfachot, July 2013From atop Mount Tzfachot looking south. Israel in the foreground and in the background - the Egyptian western coast of the gulf: the city of Taba and Pharaoh's Island.
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^Biological Resources and Migration. Springer Science & Business Media. 2013. p. 363. ISBN3662060833.
^Loren Chemla. . Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^"Southern Arava valley and Elat mountains". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
^Geffen, Eli; Hefner, Reuven; Macdonald, David W.; Ucko, Michal (26 May 1992). "Diet and Foraging Behavior of Blanford's Foxes, Vulpes cana, in Israel". Journal of Mammalogy. 73 (2): 395–402. doi:10.2307/1382074.
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