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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]
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]
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 village is located on the NE slope of the Al Hajar Mountains near the highest peak in the Sultanate of Oman, Jebel Shams. Bilad Sayt can be reached through Wadi Al Sahtan and Wadi Bani Awf from NE or via Al Hamra from the SW and is only accessible by 4-wheel-drive vehicles.
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 .
Al Hajar al Gharbi, or the Western Hajar, extend from the Musandam Peninsula at the northeastern tip of Arabia, through the eastern UAE and northern Oman. Al Hajar ash Sharqi, or the Eastern Hajar, extends eastwards towards Ras al Hadd, the easternmost point in Oman and Arabia.
Ghul or Wadi Ghul is an abandoned village, located to the northwest of Al Hamra in Oman. The area is referred to as the "Omani Grand Canyon" or "The Grand Canyon of Arabia". [1] [2] It is near Jebel Shams, the highest mountain peak in Oman. [3]