Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,285 m (7,497 ft) |
Prominence | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
Coordinates | 28°32′21.9″N 33°58′31.5″E / 28.539417°N 33.975417°E |
Naming | |
Native name | طُوْر سِيْنَاء |
Geography | |
Mount Sinai (
It is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part. For example, it lies next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt.[1]
Geology
Mount Sinai's rocks were formed during the late stage of the evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Mount Sinai displays a ring complex[2] that consists of alkaline granites intruded into diverse rock types, including volcanics. The granites range in composition from syenogranite to alkali feldspar granite. The volcanic rocks are alkaline to peralkaline, and they are represented by subaerial flows and eruptions and subvolcanic porphyry. Generally, the nature of the exposed rocks in Mount Sinai indicates that they were formed at different depths from one another.[citation needed]
Religious significance
Judaism and Christianity
Immediately north of the mountain is the 6th-century
Islam
The Jabal Musa is associated with the Islamic prophet
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Saint Catherine's Monastery, looking down from Mount Sinai
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The mosque at the summit
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The chapel at the summit
Ascent and summit
There are two principal routes to the summit. The longer and shallower route, Siket El Bashait, takes about 2.5 hours on foot, though camels can be used. The steeper, more direct route (Siket Sayidna Musa) is up the 3,750 "steps of penitence" in the ravine behind the monastery.[16]
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Sunrise
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View from the summit
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The last few meters of the climb up the mountain
See also
- Hashem El Tarif
- Sacred mountains
- Jebel Musa, Morocco, a similarly named mountain in Morocco
References
- ^ "Sinai Geology". AllSinai.info. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
- ^ Hanaa M. Salem and A. A. ElFouly, "Minerals Reconnaissance at Saint Catherine Area, Southern Central Sinai, Egypt and their Environmental Impacts on Human Health" Archived 2012-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. ICEHM2000, Cairo University, Egypt, September 2000, pp. 586–98
- ^ "Mount Sinai, Egypt". Places of Peace and Power. Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Sharīf, J.; Herklots, G. A. (1832). Qanoon-e-Islam: Or, The Customs of the Moosulmans of India; Comprising a Full and Exact Account of Their Various Rites and Ceremonies, from the Moment of Birth Till the Hour of Death. Parbury, Allen, and Company.
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- ^ Abbas, K. A. (1984). The World is My Village: A Novel with an Index. Ajanta Publications. Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ Quran 23:20
- ^ Quran 95:2
- ^ Quran 2:63–93
- ^ a b Quran 28:3–86
- ^ Quran 7:103–156
- ^ Quran 20:9–99
- ^ Quran 79:15–25
- ISBN 978-2745151360. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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- ^ "Mount Sinai". AllSinai.info. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
External links
- Mount Sinai travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Caucasian Albanian Alphabet Discovered and Deciphered, Azerbaijan International, Vol. 11:3 (Autumn 2003). Six articles.
- View OF Mount Sinai (as opposed to the view FROM Mount Sinai) Archived 2020-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Information about the town of St. Katherine and the Sinai mountains
- A Report on Mount Sinai
- Old maps of Mount Sinai. Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, The National Library of Israel.