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mojuang · 04-28-2007, 05:19 AM

Am surprised to read that the sinai peninsula has no mountain.could this be true.and if true how could the isralites place such a momentous event of their tradition on a non-existent physical feature?
has anybody out their toured mount sinai?

premjan · 04-28-2007, 05:38 AM

There is a mountain called Jebel Musa / Mount Sinai in the southern Sinai. But it is not the tallest peak in the Sinai. Then again Mount Olympus is not huge either.

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At 2,285 metres high, Mount Sinai is minor mountain next to Mount St. Catherine,[1], at 2,637 metres high the highest in the Sinai peninsula. It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks of the mountain range.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai
ETA: as a massif, Mount Olympus is apparently one of the tallest mountains in Europe, considering that it starts from sea level.

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Since its base is located at sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe, in real absolute altitude from base to top.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus

Roger Pearse · 04-28-2007, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mojuang

Am surprised to read that the sinai peninsula has no mountain.

When I was there I saw little else but mountains.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

04-28-2007, 05:19 AM	#1
mojuang Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: mombasa,Kenya Posts: 52	mount sinai... Am surprised to read that the sinai peninsula has no mountain.could this be true.and if true how could the isralites place such a momentous event of their tradition on a non-existent physical feature? has anybody out their toured mount sinai?

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