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Mount Carmel (mountain) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 32 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.7500 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 02 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.0333 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
1722.441 feet |
525.0000 meters |
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Note: Mountain of great historical significance; mentioned in Egyptian documents of 16th cen. BCE as a holy mountain; sacred to early Christians; gave its name to order of Carmelite monks (founded 1156 CE); used by Napoleon as a military hospital during his campaign in the Middle East. |
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HaKarmel, Har (preferred,C,V)
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Har HaKarmel (C,V,display)
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Carmel, Mount (C,O)
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Mount Carmel (C,O,S,English-P,U,N)
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Har Ha Karmel (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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הַר הַכַּרְמֶל (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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Har ha Karmell (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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Kármēlos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Κάρμηλος (C,V,Greek,U)
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Jabal Mar Elyas (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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جبل مار إلياس (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Kurmul (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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الكرمل, (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Haifa (national district) (P) |
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