Mount Ramon
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Mount Ramon is a mountain in the Negev
desert in Israel
, near the Egypt
ian border and west of the well-known Ramon Crater. Its elevation is 1037 metres (3,402 ft) above sea level and it is the summit of the Negev Mountains.
It is the highest mountain in southern Israel.
Negev
The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'...
desert in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, near the Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian border and west of the well-known Ramon Crater. Its elevation is 1037 metres (3,402 ft) above sea level and it is the summit of the Negev Mountains.
It is the highest mountain in southern Israel.