What is Mount Meron?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Meron | other_name = ''Har Meron'' • ''Jabal al-Jarmaq'' | photo = Northern_slope_of_Mount_Meron.jpg | photo_caption = Northern [[slope|slopes]] of Mt. Meron | elevation_m = 1208 | elevation_ref = | map = Israel | map_size = 200 | label_position = left | location = [[Galilee]], [[Israel]] | coordinates = {{coord|33|00|N|35|25|E|type:mountain_region:IL_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = }} '''Mount Meron''' ({{lang-he|הַר מֵירוֹן}}, ''Har Meron''; {{lang-ar|جبل الجرمق}}, ''Jabal al-Jarmaq'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/376253/Mount-Meron | title=Encyclopædia Britannica: Mount Meron|access-date=2008-11-24}}</ref> is a [[mountain]] in the [[Upper Galilee]] [[region]] in the [[Galilee]] [[Districts of Israel|District]] of [[Israel]]. It is important in [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[religion|religious]] [[tradition]] and parts of it have been declared a [[nature reserve]]. At {{convert|1208|m|ft|0}} [[above sea level]], Mount Meron is the highest [[peak]] in Israel within its [[international recognition|internationally recognized]] [[border|borders]],<ref name=IsraelCountryStudy>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vh3qJ8O73VIC&pg=PA8|title=Israel A Country Study|author=Federal Research Division|edition=Paperback|publisher=Kessinger Publishing, LLC|year=2004|isbn=141912689X|page=8}}</ref> though many peaks in the [[Golan Heights]] and [[Mount Hermon]], which was [[annexation|annexed]] by Israel in 1981, are higher. Mount Meron has the second highest [[precipitation]] in Israel after [[Mount Hermon]]. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Mount Meron}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meron, Mount}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Mountains of Israel]]