Phnom Krom

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Phnom Krom
ភ្នំក្រោម
View of Phnom Krom at dawn
Highest point
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Coordinates	13°17′09″N 103°48′44″E / 13.28573°N 103.81218°E / 13.28573; 103.81218[1]
Geography
Phnom Krom Location of Phnom Krom in Cambodia
Location	Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Geology
Mountain type	Sandstone
Climbing
Easiest route	Drive, then hike

Phnom Krom (Khmer: ភ្នំក្រោម, lit. "downstream hill") is a 140 m high hill close to Siem Reap city, Cambodia. There is a temple on the top which derived its name from the hill, Prasat Phnom Krom (Khmer: ប្រាសាទភ្នំក្រោម).

Location

Phnom Krom is about 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town.

Phnom Krom hill is very rocky; local legend has it that the rocks were exposed by the monkey general

Phnom Krom railway

Phnom Krom was at the southern end of the Phnom Krom railway, a narrow-gauge French colonial railway that was most likely constructed to take stone from the now-defunct quarries on Phnom Krom to Siem Reap.

Gallery

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  Tonle Sap lake and Phnom Krom hill
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  Tonle Sap lake and Chong Kneas village viewed from Phnom Krom hill
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  Sugar palm trees on the hill

See also

• Phnom Bakheng
• Phnom Bok

References

External links

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• Media related to Phnom Krom at Wikimedia Commons
• Nick Ray, Cambodia