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Jebel Hafeet. Jabal Hafeet[7] (Arabic: جَبَل حَفِيْت, romanized: Jabal Ḥafīt, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabel or Jebal and Hafit – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman, which may be considered an outlier of the Hajar Mountains [1][8] in ...
Port of Jebel Ali, also known as Mina Jebel Ali, [ 4 ] is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by far the busiest port in the Middle-East. [ 5 ] Port Jebel Ali was constructed in the late 1970s to supplement the facilities at ...
The United Arab Emirates (the UAE or the Emirates) is a country in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula located on the southeastern coast of the Persian Gulf and the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Oman. The UAE consists of seven emirates and was founded on 2 December 1971 as a federation, after UK armed forces left the region.
Jebel Buhais or Jebel Al-Buhais (Arabic: جَبَل بُحَيْص \ جَبَل ٱلْبُحَيْص, romanized: Jabal Buḥayṣ / Jabal Al-Buḥayṣ) is a geological feature, an extensive rocky outcrop, as well as an archaeological site located near Madam in the central region [1] [2] of the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE, about 48 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of the city of Sharjah. [3]
Jebel Jais. Jebel Jais (Arabic: جبل جيس, romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North - Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The summit has an elevation of 1,934 m (6,345 ft). [1] The summit is located on the Omani side, but a high point west of this peak is ...
The well-known highest point in the UAE is on Jebel Jais near Ras al-Khaimah at about 1,910 m (6,270 ft); however, it has a prominence of only about 9 m (30 ft) from its parent peak in Musandam Governorate in Oman, making this only the highest 'point'. In order, therefore make up the tallest prominent summits in the UAE
Jebel Faya is a limestone mountain outlier in the Central Region of the Emirate of Sharjah, measuring about 10 and 20 km (6.2 and 12.4 mi) long. [4][2] The archaeological site itself is called FAY-NE1, a rock shelter located at the northeastern endpoint of Jebel Faya. [1] Archaeologists have excavated several trenches at the site, with an area ...
The United Arab Emirates [c] (UAE), or simply the Emirates, [d] is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal , elective monarchy composed of seven emirates , with Abu Dhabi as its capital. [ 14 ]