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Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams (Arabic: جَبَل شَمْس, lit. 'Mountain of Sun') is a mountain located in northeastern Oman north of the town of Al-Hamra. It is the highest mountain in Oman, and is part of the Jebel Akhdar or Jabal Akhdar Mountains, [3] which in turn belongs to the Hajar range. [4]
In the Ru'us al-Jabal Mountains, Musandam Peninsula, Oman View of the top of Jabal Bil Ays - Jebel Jais and its southern slope View of Jebel Hafeet Although much of the country has a desert or semi-desert and relatively flat territory, Oman has mountains that include the Hajar Mountains ( Arabic : جبال الحجر ), located in the northeast ...
The mountains form an arc from northwest to southeast through portions of Oman and the U.A.E., extending over 500 kilometres (310 miles) in length. The mountains run parallel to the coast of the Gulf of Oman , with the Al Batinah Region in the coastal plain between the mountains and the sea.
In the capital of Muscat, the Royal Opera House, Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, and Oman National Museum are must-sees. Outside the capital, the mountainous regions of Jebel Akhdar and Jebel Shams ...
Jabal Shams, which has the highest peak in Oman. The central section of the Hajar is the highest and wildest terrain in the country. Jabal Shams is the highest of the range, [39] followed by Jebel Akhdar. The latter [40] and the smaller Jebel Nakhl range are bounded on the east by the low Samail Valley (which leads northeast to Muscat). [41]
Bilad Sayt (Arabic: بلاد سيت, romanized: blād syt) is a mountain village in the wilayah of Bahla in Oman.. The village is located on the NE slope of the Al Hajar Mountains near the highest peak in the Sultanate of Oman, Jebel Shams.
Al Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْحَمْرَاء, romanized: Al-Ḥamrāʾ) is a 400-year-old town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, in northeastern Oman. [1] As a province (wilayat), it is home to a number of villages including the mountainside village of Misfat Al Abryeen, with the village of Ghul to the northwest of the town, and Bimah to the north-northeast. [2]
The Jebel Akhdar Mountains (Arabic: ٱلْجَبَل ٱلْأَخْضَر, romanized: Al-Jabal Al-Akhḍar, lit. 'The Green Mountain') is a mountain range approximately 80 km (50 mi) long and 32 km (20 mi) wide, [ 2 ] that is part of the Hajar Mountains in Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate of Oman .