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Lot's wife (center) turned into a pillar of salt during Sodom's destruction (Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. [3] A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. [4]
Rica Matsumoto (松本 梨香, Matsumoto Rika, born November 30, 1968) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer who was born in Yokohama, Japan. [1] [2] Her name is also sometimes romanized as Rika Matsumoto.
Pokémon Hunter J (ポケモン ハンター J, Pokemon Hantā J, Pokémon Hunter J) Voiced by: Takako Honda (Japanese); Shannon Conley [62] (English) J was a ruthless and cruel Pokémon Hunter around Sinnoh region who captured and stole Pokémon to sell them on the black market to her clients for money.
A rock formation nearby venerated as Lot's wife as a pillar of salt. The Monastery of St Lot is a Byzantine-period monastic site near the Dead Sea in Jordan, at the entrance to a natural cave, which Christians believed to have been the one where Lot and his daughters sought shelter after Sodom was destroyed (Genesis 19:24–25). [1]
The island is a basalt pillar with sheer sides, the only visible portion of a submarine volcanic caldera extending 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east at an average depth of 240 metres (790 ft). The above sea-level portion measures approximately 84 metres east-west and 56 metres north-south, with a summit height of 99 metres (325 ft).
"Lot's Wife" pillar, Mount Sodom, Israel; Lot's Wife and Lot, rock formations in Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic; Lot's Wife, nickname of Long Ya Men, a craggy granite outcrop in Keppel Harbour, Singapore, destroyed in 1848; Lot's Wife, a chalk pillar once part of The Needles formation off the Isle of Wight, UK, until its collapse in 1764
The beacon is locally known as "Lot's Wife", [2] after the Biblical woman turned into a pillar of salt. [3] The beacon has become a recognizable part of Baltimore's landscape, and one of the area's defining landmarks. [2] [1] The structure is featured on photographs and paintings of Baltimore.
Baltimore Beacon, also known as Lot's wife. One of the most notable landmarks in the area is the Baltimore Beacon, also known as Lot's wife. Towards the end of July 1847, Commander James Wolfe, R.N., informed the Ballast Board that he had recently completed a survey of Baltimore Harbour and noticed the destruction of the beacon on the eastern point of the southern entrance to the harbour.