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Jebel Musa (Arabic: جبل موسى, Jabal Mūsā; Berber languages: Adrar n Musa; meaning "Mount Moses") is a mountain in the northernmost part of Morocco, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is part of the Rif mountain chain. The mountain is generally identified as the southern Pillar of Hercules, Mons Abila (Mount Abila or Abyla).
Jebel Musa in the 1869 Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, shown north of Mount Catherine (Jebel Katarina) and south of Willow Peak (Ras es-Safsafeh). Mount Sinai's rocks were formed during the late stage of the evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield.
Jebel Musa and the Rock of Gibraltar seen from the Mediterranean Sea. The Pillars of Hercules [a] are the promontories that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar. The northern Pillar, Calpe Mons, is the Rock of Gibraltar. A corresponding North African peak not being predominant, the identity of the southern Pillar, Abila Mons, has been ...
Jebel Musa, Jabal Moussa or Gebel Musa (Arabic: جبل موسى, 'Mountain of Moses') may refer to: Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt Biblical Mount Sinai; Jebel Musa (Morocco), a mountain in Morocco; Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve, a natural area in Lebanon; Musa Dagh, a mountain in Turkey, known as Jebel Musa in Arabic
Saint Catherine's Monastery is located in the shadow of a group of three mountains: Ras Sufsafeh/"Mount Horeb" (peak c. 1 km west), Jebel Arrenziyeb (peak c. 1 km south) and Jebel Musa/"Biblical Mount Sinai" (peak c. 2 km south)
Musa Dagh (Turkish: Musa Dağı; ... Jebel Musa; meaning "Moses Mountain") is a mountain in the Hatay Province of Turkey. In 1915, it was the location of a successful ...
The Rock of Gibraltar, the northern of the two historic Pillars of Hercules, was known to the Romans as Mons Calpe ("Mount Calpe"), the other southern pillar on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar being Mons Abila, identified today as either Monte Hacho or Jebel Musa, with a distance of about 27 km between the two "pillars".
The Moroccan mountain of Jebel Musa, as viewed from Benzú. Benzú is in the northwest of the Spanish exclave, with a northern coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies close to the border with Morocco. The small town has about 1200 inhabitants in 2011 and the population has risen only slightly in the last decade. [1]