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Syrian Desert

Range Type	Miscellaneous physical or political Feature
Highest Point	Jabal al Lawz (2518 m/8261 ft)
Countries	Iraq (35%), Syria (32%), Jordan (19%), Saudi Arabia (14%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	469,954 sq km / 181,449 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,098 km / 682 mi North-South 959 km / 596 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	32° 30' N; 39° 37' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Syrian Desert
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Syrian Desert.

Levant Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Cyprus	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northern Levant Coastal Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sinai-Palestine Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Syrian Desert	Level 3

Major Peaks of the Syrian Desert

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Jabal al Lawz	2518	8261
2.	Jabal Umm ad Dami	1854	6083
3.	Jabal Ramm	1754	5755
4.	Jabal Harun	1350	4429
5.	Peak 1170	1170	3839
6.	Jabal Umm al 'Amr	1070	3510
7.	Jabal al-Qal'a	820+	2690+
8.	Jabal Naba	817	2680
9.	Wadi Mujib Hill	-109	-357
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Syrian Desert

Jabal Umm ad Dami

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Highest point in Jordan (2018-11-03). Photo by Lee Humphries.
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