Jabal Al-Mebraḥ (), also commonly mistakenly referred to by the name of the nearby peak ''Jabal Yibir'' ( ar, جَبَل يِبِر, links=no), is a tall mountain in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

(UAE).

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Located in the

Western Hajar Mountains The Hajar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر, Jibāl al-Ḥajar, ''The Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') in northeastern Oman and also the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range in the eastern Arabian ...

, sitting wholly within the

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

, it has a prominence of around from its parent peak, Jebel Qihwi, which is on the other side of the border in

Musandam Governorate The Musandam Governorate ( ar, مُحَافَظَة مُسَنْدَم, Muḥāfaẓat Musandam) is a governorate of Oman. With the exception of the exclave of Madha, it is located on the Musandam Peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, ...

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. The peak sits within a larger raised

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, which has a gradual incline in general, however due to the steep sided wadis carving into its sides, and many faults and bulges in the landscape, it has many unnavigable sections surrounding the summit. A

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station is located on the

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making the peak out of access, however, a road has been built up from

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Tawian, with many villages along the sides and tracks continuing further into the mountains. This has incrementally improved from a loose track to an increasingly widened

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road, since 2016 and onwards. Initially this allowed public access to within of the military station, around below. This has had periods of being opened and closed with a military check point initially at the base of the mountain, then being moved up just over half way to the Fujairah/Ras al Khaimah border. When defining a peak as a summit with at least of prominence, Mebrah is among the tallest 3 peaks in the UAE. The well known highest point in the UAE is on

Jebel Jais Jebel Jais ( ar, جَبَل جَيْس, Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the Ru'us al-Jibal, North-Western Hajar Mountains, Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The s ...

near

Ras al-Khaimah Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) ( ar, رَأْس ٱلْخَيْمَة, historically Julfar) is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. It is the sixth-largest city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain ...

at about , however it has a prominence of only about from its parent peak in Musandam Governorate in Oman, making this only the highest 'point'. In order, Jebal Half Tila, Jebel Rahabah and Jebel Mebrah therefore make up the tallest prominent summits in the

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Pictures of Jabal Yibir
at TripAdvisor
Jebel Yibir farm hike

Jebel Yibir Group Hike, UAE,030416
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Steep, Dangerous descent from Jebel Yibir

Descending down from the Top of Jabal Yibir (NOT for the faint-hearted)

Hiking: The Highest Points in the UAE

Jebel Al Mebrah Jabal Al-Mebraḥ (), also commonly mistakenly referred to by the name of the nearby peak ''Jabal Yibir'' ( ar, جَبَل يِبِر, links=no), is a tall mountain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Description Located in the Western Hajar Moun ...

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