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Mount Hermon
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Mount Hermon is a mountain range located on the border between Syria and Lebanon in the Middle East. It is significant as a major geographical feature of the region and has played an important role in the history and politics of the area.
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- Part of
- Lebanon–Syria border
- Country
- Israeli-occupied territories
- Located in
- Quneitra Governorate
- Continent
- Asia
- Elevation
- 2813.95
- Material used
- limestone
- Image
- Hermonsnow.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mount Hermon
- topographic prominence
- 1804
- partially coincident with
- Golan Heights
- described by source
- Wikitólica
- mountain range
- Anti-Lebanon mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
Winter view in the Hermon Mount Hermon (/ˈhɜːrmən/) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and, at 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above sea level, is the highest point in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
On the top, in the United Nations buffer zone between Syrian and Israeli-occupied territories, is the highest permanently manned UN position in the world, known as "Hermon Hotel", located at 2,814 metres (9,232 ft). The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend to the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, where the Mount Hermon ski resort is located with a top elevation of 2,040 metres (6,690 ft).
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