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Mount Carmel ( Hebrew: הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, romanized : Har haKarmel; Arabic: جبل الكرمل, romanized : Jabal al-Karmil ), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (Arabic: جبل مار إلياس, romanized: Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit. 'Mount Saint Elias/ Elijah '), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the ...
Status. Open to public. Mount Carmel National Park ( Hebrew: פארק הכרמל, Park HaKarmel) is Israel's largest national park, extending over most of the Carmel mountain range and containing over 10,000 hectares of pine, eucalyptus, and cypress forest. The park has numerous bicycle and walking paths, dedicated nature reserves, and over 250 ...
Carmel (biblical settlement) / 31.42361°N 35.13306°E / 31.42361; 35.13306. Carmel was an ancient Israelite town in Judea, lying about 11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) from Hebron, on the southeastern frontier of Mount Hebron. [ 1][ 2] According to the Bible, Saul erected a victory monument in Carmel to memorialize his triumph over Amalek. [ 3]
Facade faces South. The Stella Maris Monastery is a Catholic Christian monastery for Discalced Carmelite monks, located on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. [ 1] The main church inside the Stella Maris Monastery is said to contain the Cave of Elijah, a grotto associated with the Biblical prophet Elijah. [ 1]
Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve. / 32.67000°N 34.96528°E / 32.67000; 34.96528. The Caves of Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara ("Caves Creek"), named here by the Hebrew and Arabic name of the valley where they are located, are a UNESCO Site of Human Evolution in the Carmel mountain range near Haifa in northern Israel. [ 1][ 2] The four ...
The Sharon plain ( Hebrew: השרון, romanized : HaSharon; Arabic: سهل شارون, romanized : Sahl Shārūn) is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain. The plain lies between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Samarian Hills, 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east. It stretches from Nahal Taninim, a stream marking the southern end of ...
Tabun Cave. / 32.6705000°N 34.9655000°E / 32.6705000; 34.9655000. Distribution of the Neanderthal, and main sites, including Tabun cave. The Tabun Cave is an excavated site located at Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel and is one of the Human Evolution sites at Mount Carmel, which were proclaimed as having universal value by UNESCO ...
Population. (2022) [ 1] 465. Carmel ( Hebrew: כרמל) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the south-east Mount Hebron (Har Hevron in Hebrew) area of the West Bank. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council and associates ideologically with the Amana settlement movement. In 2022 it had a population of 465.