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Levant Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Qurnat as Sawda (3088 m/10,131 ft)
Countries	Syria (29%), Iraq (27%), Jordan (15%), Saudi Arabia (11%), Egypt (10%), Israel (4%), Lebanon (2%), Cyprus (2%), Palestinian Authority (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	602,091 sq km / 232,467 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,042 km / 647 mi North-South 1,161 km / 722 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	32° 25' N; 38° 29' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Levant Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Levant Ranges.

Asia	Level 1 (Parent)
Anatolia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Levant Ranges	Level 2
Cyprus	Level 3 (Child)
Northern Levant Coastal Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
Sinai-Palestine Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
Syrian Desert	Level 3 (Child)
Zagros Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Iranian Plateau	Level 2 (Sibling)
Arabian Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Central Asia Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tien Shan	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tibet and Central China	Level 2 (Sibling)
Himalaya	Level 2 (Sibling)
Indian Subcontinent	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Levant Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Qurnat as Sawda	3088	10,131	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
2.	Mount Hermon	2814	9232	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
3.	Tal at Musa	2659	8724	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
4.	Gebel Katherîna	2629	8625	Sinai-Palestine Ranges
5.	Jabal al Lawz	2518	8261	Syrian Desert
6.	Mzaar Mountain	2465	8087	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
7.	Gebel Tinya	2383	7818	Sinai-Palestine Ranges
8.	Gebel Mûsa	2285	7497	Sinai-Palestine Ranges
9.	Mitze Hashlagim	2222	7290	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
10.	Mzaar Southwest	2075	6808	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Qurnat as Sawda	3088	10,131	Northern Levant Coastal Ranges
2.	Gebel Katherîna	2629	8625	Sinai-Palestine Ranges
3.	Jabal al Lawz	2518	8261	Syrian Desert
4.	Olympus	1951	6401	Cyprus

Photos of Peaks in the Levant Ranges

Qurnat as Sawda Highest point in Lebanon (2018-10-08). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gebel Katherîna Highest point in Egypt (2018-10-06). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gebel Mûsa At the top of Gebel Mûsa (Mt. Sinai) to watch the sunrise. June 1990 (1990-06-26). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.	Olympus You can go this far, but the last part is a big no no (2014-05-16). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.
Jabal Umm ad Dami Highest point in Jordan (2018-11-03). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.	Har Meron Andrew Rankine and took the peak trail from half way up to the top (2015-12-18). Photo by Graeme Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
Selvili Tepe Inside military area (2012-05-23). Photo by Lars Holme. Click here for larger-size photo.	Stavrovouni A chapel and a monastery on the summit of Stavrovouni - only men are allowed to enter the monastery (2022-05-03). Photo by Rok Podgornik. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tel Beit She'an The view down from the summit of Tel Beit She'an. Is this the lowest mountain in the world? (1998). Photo by Ashley Watson. Click here for larger-size photo.

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