Jebel Hafeet
| Jebel Hafeet | |
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Aerial view of Jebel Hafeet | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,249 m (4,098 ft)(Disputed) |
| Prominence | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Isolation | 152.72 km (94.90 mi) |
| Coordinates | 24°03′31″N 55°46′39″E / 24.05861°N 55.77750°E |
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| Parent range | Al-Hajar Mountains (sensu lato) |
Jabal Hafeet (Arabic: جَبَل حَفِيْت, romanized: Jabal Ḥafīt, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabel or Jebal and Hafit – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It is often considered an outlier of the Hajar Mountains in Eastern Arabia due to its proximity to the main range. To the north is the UAE city of Al Ain, in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the adjacent Omani town of Al-Buraimi.
The sole mountain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and one of the highest mountains in the country, it has given its name to a period in UAE history, the Hafit Period of the Bronze Age (3200 to 2600 BCE), because of the discovery of a cluster of important beehive tombs at its foothills. As of 2017, the mountain is recognised as being part of a national park, and was incorporated into the Sheikh Zayed Network of Protected Areas in 2018.