Jabal al-Lawz
| Jabal al-Lawz | |
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  Jabal al-Lawz Location in Saudi Arabia | |
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Arabic) | |
| English translation | mountain of almonds |
| Geography | |
| Location | Saudi Arabia |
Jabal al-Lawz (
mountain located in northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordanian border, above the Gulf of Aqaba at 2,580 metres (8,460 feet) above sea level. The name means 'mountain of almonds'.[2] The peak of Jabal al-Lawz, consists of a light-colored, calc-alkaline granite that is intruded by rhyolite and andesite dikes which generally trend eastward.[3]
Between 1300 and 2200 meters elevation, Jabal al-Lawz has relict
Mediterranean woodlands of Juniperus phoenicea, with an understory of Achillea santolinoides, Artemisia sieberi, and Astracantha echinus subsp. arabica.[4]
In discussions about the location of
lava flows, tuff breccias, and fragmental greenstones. The middle and lower slopes of Jabal Maqlā consist of light-colored granite, which has intruded into the overlying hornfels. This is the same granite that comprises Jabal al-Lawz.[3]
Jabal Maqla is about 7 kilometers to the south, and a few hundred meters lower.
Claims made by some writers, including Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Möller, that Jabal Maqlā, possibly identified as Jabal al-Lawz, is the real
biblical Mount Sinai have been rejected by such scholars as James Karl Hoffmeier (Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology), who details what he calls Cornuke's "monumental blunders".[2][6]
Remains both of pillars and cairns at the site have been described as "similar to rock cairns of uncertain use and often uncertain date found at other sites throughout northern and western Arabia."[7]
See also
- List of mountains in Saudi Arabia
- List of Ultras of West Asia
- Nabataeans, Nabataean architecture
References
- ^ a b c "Arabian peninsula and Middle East" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-515546-4 p133 [1]
- ^ a b c Trent, V.A., and R.F. Johnson (1967) Geologic map of the Jabal al Lawz Quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1:100,000. Mineral Investigation Map MI-13. United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, and Mineral Resources Research, Directorate General of Mineral Resources. Saudi Arabia.
- ^ S.A. Ghazanfar, M. Fisher (2013). Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula. Springer Science & Business Media, Apr 17, 2013.
- ^ Caldwell, J., and P. Caldwell (2011) The Real Mount Sinai. Split Rock Research Foundation, Diamondhead, Mississippi. 60 pp.
- ISBN 978-0-8173-1274-9 p.179 [2]
- ISBN 978-9004111271. Retrieved 2015-12-29.