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Mount of Olives (mountain) |
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Lat: 31 46 40 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.7783 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 14 34 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.2439 decimal degrees |
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Note: Mountain ridge adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City; named for olive groves that once covered its slopes; may be the place of the same name referenced in the Bible. |
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Har ha-Zetim (preferred,C,V)
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Mount of Olives (C,V,English-P,U)
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Mount of Olivet (C,V,English,U)
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הַר הַזֵּיתִים (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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جبل الزيتون, الطور (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Jabal az-Zaytūn (C,V)
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