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Mount Catherine (Arabic: جبل كاثرين; Greek: Όρος της Αγίας Αικατερίνης), locally known as Gabal Katrîne, is the highest mountain in Egypt. It is located near the town of Saint Catherine in the South Sinai Governorate. Mount Catherine rocks
The group of peaks of the Shaiyb al-Banat is composed of four mountains: Gabal Abu Dukhan (1,705 m.), Gabal Qattar (or Gattar, 1,963 m.), Gabal Shayeb El-Banat (2,187 m.), Gabal Umm Anab (1,782 m.). Seasonal rivulets on its slopes are from precipitation and springs.
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Gabal Elba (Arabic: جَبَل علْبَة Gabal ʿElba, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈɡæbæl ˈʕelbæ], "Box Mountain"), or Elba Mountain refers to the mountain itself as well as the mountainous area in the Halaib Triangle of Northeast Africa. It is claimed by both Egypt and Sudan, but is under Egyptian control.
Egypt borders Libya to the west, Palestine and Israel to the east and Sudan to the south (with a current dispute over the halaib triangle). Egypt has an area of 1,002,450 km 2 (387,050 sq mi). The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,420 km (880 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,275 km (792 mi).
It is a 2,285-meter (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part. For example, it lies next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt. [1]
Shittah tree, dedicated to the Patron Saint, Wady Feiran Southern Sinai Peninsula, Gebel Nakús or the Mountain of the Bell (1838) Mount Serbal (Arabic: Jebel Serbal, جبل سربال) is a mountain located in Wadi Feiran in southern Sinai. At 2,070 metres (6,791 ft) high, it is the fifth highest mountain in Egypt.
The main spring called Ain Dua lies at the foot of the mountain, on the Libyan side. The western foot (located at 21°52′29″N 24°54′16″E / 21.87472°N 24.90444°E / 21.87472; 24.90444 according to Hassanein) is 618 m high, and overcast with giant boulders fallen because of erosion