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Shammar Mountains
The area of 'Uqdah on the outskirts of Ha'il
Highest point
Elevation	1350 m
Naming
Native name	جِبَال شَمَّر (Arabic)
Geography
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Country	Saudi Arabia
Region	Ha'il
Range coordinates	27°30′N 41°36′E / 27.5°N 41.6°E / 27.5; 41.6

The Shammar Mountains (Arabic: جِبَال شَمَّر, romanized: Jibāl Shammar) is a mountain range in the northwestern Saudi Arabian province of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā (أَجَا) and Salma subranges.

Geology

The Aja Mountains are to an extent made up of granite, whereas the Salma are made up of basalt. The phrase "Hadn formation" was used by Chevremont (1982) to refer to volcanic rocks of the area of Ha'il, and was treated by Hadley and Schmidt (1980) as being part of a silicic and volcaniclastic sequence referred to as the "Shammar group", in a broader, regional context.

Wildlife

The protected area of Jabal Aja is of ecological significance. Two Asiatic cheetahs, the last known in the country, were killed near Ha'il in 1973, and their skins kept near the Imara Palace for a few days.

Peaks

• Mount Aja (Arabic: جَبَل أَجَا, romanized: Jabal Ajā)
• Mount Samra' (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلسَّمْرَاء, romanized: Jabal As-Samrā’)

Gallery

• A view of Ha'il City from the top of Samra Mountain
• Natural bird shape
• Mahajah rock formation

See also

• Adayra Valley
• Emirate of Jabal Shammar
• Ghor es-Safi
• List of mountains in Saudi Arabia
• People:
  • Al Fadl
  • Jarrahids
  • Shammar
  • Tayy'

References

1. ^ Cavendish, Marshall (2007). World and Its Peoples. Vol. 1. Cavendish Square Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2.
2. المجاري المائية]، هيئة المساحة الجيوليوجية السعودية - حقائق وأرقام، ص: 65. (PDF) (in Arabic), Saudi Geological Survey, 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-26
3. ^ Kellogg, Karl S. (1984), Reconnaissance geology of the Qufar Quadrangle, sheet 27/41 D, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PDF), Denver: United States Geological Survey, pp. 1–33, retrieved 2019-01-06
4. Llewellyn, O. A.; Hall, M.; Miller, A. G.; Al-Abbasi, T. M.; Al-Wetaid, A. H.; Al-Harbi, R. J.; Al-Shammari, K. F. (2011). "Important Plant Areas in the Arabian Peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja'". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 68 (2): 199–224. doi:10.1017/S0960428611000059.
5. Nader, I. A. (1989). "Rare and endangered mammals of Saudi Arabia". In Abu-Zinada, A. H.; Goriup, P. D.; Nader, L. A (eds.). Wildlife conservation and development in Saudi Arabia (PDF). Riyadh: National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Publishing. p. 228.

External links

• The tantalizing Aja and Salma mountains in Hail, northwest of Saudi Arabia (Twitter)
• Mobily_Hail_Shamma & Salma Mountain_HD (Dailymotion)

v t e Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula
Oman Hajar range Central Hajar Jebel Akhdar Jebel Shams (H) Eastern Hajar Jabal Aswad Jabal Bani Jabar Western Hajar Jebel Akhdar Jebel Ghawil Jebel Shams (H, HP) Ru'us al-Jibal Jabal Al Harim Jebel Qihwi Dhofar range Jebel Qamar Jebel Qarah Jabal Samhan  Saudi Arabia List of mountains in Saudi Arabia List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia Jabal Al-Qarah Sarat range Jabal Al-Oraif 'Asir range Harrat al Birk (LF) Jabal Ad-Dhoor Jabal Al-Hadab Jabal Al-Majaz Jabal Al-Qo'mah Jabal As-Sahla' Jebal As-Seqaa Jabal Atherb Jabal Khalaqah Jabal Lawa's Jabal Mana' Jabal Maomah Jabal Mareer Jabal Masher Jabal Moushref Jabal Nahran Jabal Natfa' Jabal 'Okran Jabal Sawdah Jabal Yar (VF) Jabal Warrab Sh'af A'l Nassir Sh'af Bayhan Al-Bahah Jabal Shada [ar] Jizan Fifa Mountains Jebel Al-Qeher [ar] Najran Jabal Abu Hamdan Jabal Raum Hijaz range Harrat Khaybar (VF) Harrat Kishb (LF) Al Wahbah crater (VC) Harrat Lunayyir Harrat Rahat (LF) Jabal Abu Qubays Jabal al-Nour Jabal 'Arafat Jabal Daka Jabal Hada Jabal Sela Jabal Thawr Jabal Uhud Jabal Werqan Safa and Marwa Midian range Harrat al-Sham (VF) Jabal Al-Amud? (VF) Jabal Al-Lawz Jabal Al-Qalom Jabal an Nukhaylah Jabal Hubaysh (Tabuk Region) Jabal Maqla Jabal `Umayyid Jabal Umm Hayfā' Mountains of Adh-Dhahr Shammar range Salma range Jabal Shammar Aja range Jabal Aja Shammar Mountains Tuwayr range Jabal Tuwaiq?  United Arab Emirates List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates Western Hajar Ru'us al-Jibal Jebel Jais (H) Jabal Ar-Rahrah Jabal Rahabah Jabal Qada'ah Jebel Yibir (HP) Shumayliyyah range Jebel Al-Heben Outliers, outcrops or anticlines Jebel Buhais (AC, OC) Jebel Faya (AC, OC) Jebel Hafeet (OL)  Yemen List of volcanoes in Yemen Hadhramaut range Jabal Ar-Rays? Jabal Husn Ghuraf Jebel Shaqb? Sarat range Harra of Arhab (VF) Harras of Dhamar (VF) Harra es-Sawad (VF) Jabal Hubaysh (Ibb Governorate) Jabal Kanin Jabal Nuqm Jabal Sabir Jabal Tiyal Haraz range Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb (H, HP)
Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'. Other notes: Shared with the UAE Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar Shared with the UAE Shared with the UAE Sensu lato, shared with Yemen Shared with Yemen Sensu lato Sensu lato Shared with Oman Shared with Oman Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE Shared with Oman Shared with Oman Shared with Saudi Arabia Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula

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