Avital (Golan Heights)
| Avital
Tall Abu an-Nida
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 Avital (left in the picture), Bental (right in the picture) |
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| height | 1204 m | |
| location | Al-Quneitra Governorate ( Syria ), de facto Northern District (Israel) | |
| Mountains | Golan Heights | |
| Coordinates | 33 ° 6 '38 " N , 35 ° 47' 45" O | |
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| Type | volcano | |
The Avital ( Hebrew הר אביטל Har Avital , Arabic تل أبو الندى Tall Abū n-Nidā ) is a 1204 m high mountain of volcanic origin in the Golan Heights . It is located south of the 1171 meter high Bental , with which it shares an underground magma chamber . Both mountains are volcanoes and are part of a series of extinct volcanoes on the eastern side of the Golan Heights. The Avital allows aview over Syria from Israel and is the location for the Israeli intelligence services.
Individual evidence
- ^ Yishai Weinstein, Ram Weinberger: The geology and volcanological history of Mount Avital. In: Isr. J. Earth Sci .; 2007, 55: 237-255
Web links
Commons : Avital - collection of images, videos and audio files
