Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
The Oman government has created the Wadi Sareen Reserve and an area of Jebel Qahwan-Jebal Sebtah in the Eastern Hajar, for the protection of Arabian tahr and mountain gazelle. For visitors, there is a road into the mountains from the town of Birkat al-Mawz (on the road to Nizwa from Muscat) and a walking route through Wadi al-Muaydin to the ...
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 ...
On top of Jabel Hafeet is the Mercure Hotel. [citation needed] Mount Hafeet and the nearby 'beehive' tombs are part of what is known as "Jebel Hafeet Desert Park" [18] [74] or "Mezyad Desert Park", [51] which is meant to preserve the nature and geology of the area, besides attracting tourists. [75]
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 ...
Hafit period. An unrestored beehive tomb from the Hafit period at Jebel Hafeet, on the border of the U.A.E. and Oman. Most of the hundreds of tombs to be found at the eastern foothills of the mountain have collapsed. The Hafit period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3200 to 2600 B.C.
United Arab Emirates topographic map To the south of Jabal Raḩabah (1,543 m), there is a ridge of about 10 km in length, parallel to the coast View towards the Jabal Rams. In the background the city of Rams and the Persian Gulf Coast View from the top of Jabal Naqat Border marker - Oman - UAE View of Jebel Hafeet
Mezyad (Arabic: مَزْيَد, romanized: Mazyad) [1][2] is a settlement in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, to the south of the main part of Al Ain City, on the border of the U.A.E. and Oman. [3] It is known for having a historical fort, [4][5] and is part of a desert park, which also includes a necropolis and Mount Hafeet nearby.