List of extreme points of Israel
This is a list of extreme points and elevation in Israel. The "base" listing includes East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, which were unilaterally annexed by Israel in 1967 and 1981 respectively; Israel within the green line only is listed separately. Relative to the "base" listing, no changes are made by including the West Bank; the Gaza Strip is not included owing to Israel's official withdrawal in 2005.
Elevation
- The Lowest point: Dead Sea: −430.5 metres (−1,412 ft) (Also, the lowest point on Earth)[1]
- The Highest point: Mount Hermon 2,236 metres (7,336 ft) (in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, unilaterally annexed in 1981)
- Within the Green Line: Mount Meron:1,204 metres (3,950 ft)[2]
Extreme points
- Northernmost point (including Golan Heights): Mount Hermon: 33°19′N 35°46′E (in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, unilaterally annexed in 1981)
- Northernmost point (excluding Golan Heights): on the border with Lebanon, north of Metula: 33°17′N 35°34′E (within the Green Line)[3]
- Southernmost point: Taba Border Crossing: 29°29′N 34°54′E
- Easternmost point (including Golan Heights): On the Blue Line border with Syria, near Al-Rafid, Syria (in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, unilaterally annexed in 1981): 32°56′N 35°53′E
- Easternmost point (excluding Golan Heights): the border with the Golan Heights (near Kibbutz Dan, Israel, on Si'on River): 33°14′N 35°40′E (within the Green Line)
- Westernmost point: Tripoint border with Egypt and the Gaza Strip: 31°31′N 34°16′E
See also
References
- "Long-Term changes in the Dead Sea". Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research - Israel Marine Data Center (ISRAMAR).
- Federal Research Division (2004). Israel A Country Study (Paperback ed.). Kessinger Publishing, LLC. p. 8. ISBN 141912689X.
- "At the Northern Most Point of Israel Sits Moshav Metulla". Retrieved 2017-09-25.
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