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Gebel Mûsa, Egypt

Prominence: 332 m, 1090 ft

Elevation: 2285 meters, 7497 feet

True Isolation: 2.11 km, 1.31 mi

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Mount Sinai
Peak Type	Famous Peak, but not High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	28° 32' 23'' N, 33° 58' 24'' E 28.539705, 33.973417 (Dec Deg) 595230 E 3157377 N, Zone 36 (UTM)
Country	Egypt
State/Province	Janūb Sīnā’
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 58 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 53) Selected Trip Reports: 1990 by Gregory Phillips 1990-06-26 by Marc Belanger 1998 by Dan Robrecht 2005-01-21 by Sascha Grabow 2009-07-27 by Daniel McFarlane 2012-11-24 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2021-12-28 by Alex Mccready 2022-02-16 by Jordan McCready
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By long tradition, this is the peak where Moses received the tablets of the Ten Commandments in approximately 1500 to 1200 B.C.

At the top of Gebel Mûsa (Mt. Sinai) to watch the sunrise. June 1990 (1990-06-26). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 332 m/1090 ft Optimistic Prominence: 332 m/1090 ft Key Col: 1953 m/6407 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.11 km/1.31 mi Isolation Limit Point: 28.535, 33.9525 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Gebel Katherîna (WSW)
Ranges	Continent: Asia Range2: Levant Ranges Range3: Sinai-Palestine Ranges
Drainage Basins	Gulf of Suez Red Sea Arabian Sea Indian Ocean
Data Source	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
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