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Also known as Har Meron, Mount Meron

mountain in the Upper Galilee in Israel

Key facts

Elevation
1,204 m (3,950 ft)
Native name
הַר מֵירוֹן ( Hebrew ) جبل الجرمق ( Arabic )

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Encyclopedic overview

Mount Meron (Hebrew: הַר מֵירוֹן, romanized: Har Merón; named after the former village of Meiron), also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq (Arabic: جبل الجرمق, romanized: Jabal al-Jarmaq; named after the former village of Jarmaq), is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve. At 1,204 metres (3,950 ft) above sea level, Mount Meron is the highest peak in Israel within the Green Line. The mountain is a major motif in the art of the artists' quarter of Safed.

Mount Meron nature reserve

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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