Mount Sinai
| Mount Sinai | |
|---|---|
| Arabic: جَبَل مُوْسَى, romanized: Jabal Mūsā | |
Mount Sinai as seen from the southwest | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,285 m (7,497 ft) |
| Prominence | 334 m (1,096 ft) |
| Coordinates | 28°32′21.9″N 33°58′31.5″E / 28.539417°N 33.975417°E |
| Naming | |
| Native name | |
| Geography | |
Mount Sinai, also known as Jabal Musa (Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, lit. 'Mountain of Moses'), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is one of several locations claimed to be the biblical Mount Sinai, the place where, according to the sacred scriptures of the three major Abrahamic religions (Torah, Bible, and Quran), the Hebrew prophet Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.
It is a 2,285-meter (7,497 ft), moderately high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. It is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in the mountain range of which it is a part. For example, it lies next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt.