Jabal Sawda ( ar, جَبَل ٱلسُّوْدَة ', ) is a peak located in
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
, with a claimed elevation of , on the basis of which it is claimed to be the highest point in Saudi Arabia.
In a 2018 GPS survey the peak's elevation was measured at a lower altitude this is lower than that of Jabal Ferwa another Saudi Arabian peak further to the east, at . These elevations are both consistent with public domain
SRTM
The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is an international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56°S to 60°N, to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Ea ...
data.
The village of
Al Souda
Soudah (Arabic: ٱلسّوْدَة), is a mountainous area in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia. At 3,015 metres (9,893 ft) above sea level, the area is known for its dense juniper tree covered mountains.
The area is currently experiencing susta ...
is located nearby. The town is a tourist centre and has a
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
*** Bi ...
to the top of the mountain.
Climate
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Geology of Saudi Arabia The geology of Saudi Arabia includes Precambrian igneous and metamorphic basement rocks, exposed across much of the country. Thick sedimentary sequences from the Phanerozoic (including sandstone, anhydrite, dolomite, limestone, chert and marl) do ...
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Geography of Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country situated in Southwest Asia, the largest country of Arabia, by the Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea ...
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List of elevation extremes by country
The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential grav ...
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Wildlife of Saudi Arabia
References
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Sawda
Highest points of countries
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