Mount Nebo

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Mount Nebo is a mountain in present-day Jordan traditionally revered as the place where Moses viewed the Promised Land before he died.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
access road from Madaba
ArabicName Jabal Nībū
associatedWith Moses
coordinates approximately 31.7667°N 35.7250°E
country Jordan
culturalContext biblical geography
distanceFromMadaba approximately 10 kilometers
elevation about 2680 feet
about 817 meters
hasFeature Byzantine mosaics
archaeological remains of churches
modern sculpture of the bronze serpent
viewing platform
hasReligiousSite Basilica of Moses
Franciscan monastery
Memorial of Moses
hasSummit Syagha
heritageStatus important Christian holy site in Jordan
languageOfLocalToponymy Arabic
locatedIn Jordan
Levant
Middle East
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Madaba Governorate
locatedNear Madaba
managedBy Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 34
Hebrew Bible
nearbyBodyOfWater Dead Sea
nearbyCity Madaba
overlooks Dead Sea
Jericho area
Jordan Valley
partOf Abarim mountain range
region historic Holy Land area
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
significance traditional site of Moses’ death
traditional site where Moses viewed the Promised Land
timeZone UTC+2
UTC+3 in daylight saving time
tourismType Christian pilgrimage destination
biblical tourism site
pilgrimage site
viewIncludes Jericho
West Bank
on clear days, Jerusalem


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