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It is located near the town of Saint Catherine in the South Sinai Governorate. Mount Catherine rocks. The name is derived from the Christian tradition that angels transported to this mountain the body of the martyred Saint Catherine of Alexandria. At the summit of the mountain, there is a chapel built in 1905 [3] and a meteorological station. [4]
As of today, most of these extinct volcanoes have now become volcano crater lakes and mountains such as Grand Etang Lake or Lake Antoine (Grenada) and Mount Saint Catherine (Grenada). This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Grenada .
The Mt. St. Catherine massif is the youngest of the five volcanoes on the island. [1] The volcano has a ~1.5-km horseshoe-shaped crater open to the east, where a complex of volcanic lava domes occur across its flanks and is monitored by the Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies. The volcano is considered dormant because ...
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in the Caribbean, ... Mount Saint Catherine; Guadeloupe ... Mount Scenery, Saba. Saba
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]
Mount Saint Catherine: 840 m 2,756 ft Caribbean Sea: sea level 840 m 2,756 ft Guadeloupe: La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island: 1484 m 4,869 ft Caribbean Sea: sea level 1484 m 4,869 ft Guam: Mount Lamlam [t] 406 m 1,332 ft North Pacific Ocean: sea level 406 m 1,332 ft Guatemala: Volcán Tajumulco [u] 4220 m 13,845 ft North Pacific Ocean ...
Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Ojos del Salado: 6,893: 22,615: Argentina/Chile – highest dormant volcano on Earth: Monte Pissis: 6,793: 22,287: Argentina Nevado Tres Cruces
The Mount St. Catherine Forest Reserve is the second largest declared terrestrial protected area in Grenada after the Grand Etang and Annandale Forest Reserves. [1] Covering 934 ha (2,310 acres) within a 31.7 km (19.7 mi) boundary perimeter, its headwaters drain across seven of the largest watersheds on the island and supply important catchment basins for water distribution to Grenadians and ...