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Jebel Shams

a Pleiades place resource

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Jebel Shams (Arabic: جبل شمس‎, (mountain of sun) rises to 2,818 m (9,245 ft) asl and is the highest summit of the Al Hajar Mountains in Oman.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921321520

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
23.236944, 57.263889

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Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Jebel Shams (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

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None

Jebel Shams makes connections with:

Jebel Shams located at Kalon Oros (unspecified date range)

Jebel Shams receives connections from:

None

Place type:
mountain

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See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Jabal Shams

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Jebel Shams: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921321520> [accessed: 25 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/921321520 |title=Places: 921321520 (Jebel Shams) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2024 6:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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