Mount Hermon
| Mount Hermon | |
|---|---|
| Jabal ash-Shaykh جبل الشيخ (Arabic) Har Ḥermon הר חרמון (Hebrew) | |
Mount Hermon, viewed from Mount Bental in the Golan Heights | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,814 m (9,232 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,804 m (5,919 ft) |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 33°24′58″N 35°51′27″E / 33.41611°N 35.85750°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Syria (The summit and southern slopes are Israeli-occupied) Lebanon |
| Parent range | Anti-Lebanon mountain range |
Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ('Mountain of the Sheikh', Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [ʒa.bal eʃ.ʃeːx]), Hebrew: הַר חֶרְמוֹן, Har Ḥermōn) is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and, at 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above sea level, is the highest point in Syria, and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
On the top, in the United Nations buffer zone between Syrian and Israeli-occupied territories, is the highest permanently manned UN position in the world, known as "Hermon Hotel", located at 2,814 metres (9,232 ft). The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend to the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, where the Mount Hermon ski resort is located with a top elevation of 2,040 metres (6,690 ft).