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| Image:HarBental_LookoutToSyria.jpg|Lookout to ] and ] | |||
| Image:HarBental_directionSigns.jpg|Direction signs to various cities | |||
| Image:HarBental_KofiAnnan.jpg|Kofi Annan (=cloud coffee) restaurant | |||
| Image:HarBental_HarAvital.jpg|Har Avital (left), the other side of the volcano | Image:HarBental_HarAvital.jpg|Har Avital (left), the other side of the volcano | ||
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| Mount Bental | |
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 Mount Bental(left), with water reservoir in the foreground | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,171 m (3,842 ft) |
| Coordinates | 33°07′45″N 35°47′09″E / 33.12917°N 35.78583°E / 33.12917; 35.78583 |
| Geography | |
| Location | Golan Heights |
Mount Bental (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Lang-he, Har Bental) is part of an extinct volcano in the northeastern Golan Heights. The top of the mountain is 1171 metres above sea level.
The mountain is part of a series of hills. Nearby to the south is Mount Avital, with a height of 1204 meters above sea level. The two mountains are two craters of a single volcano. Both mountains together form the Nature Reserve "Har Avital - Har Bental". The western slope of the mountain is covered by a dense oak forest.
The Arabic name means "Lover hill" or "Hill of impassioned love". The mountain is located west of the Syrian city Quneitra and south of an Israeli settlement, kibbutz Merom Golan, on its slope.
On the top of Mount Bental is the visitor center of the Golan Regional Council and a reconstructed IDF emplacement (built on the original Syrian emplacement). The mountain is an excellent lookout point towards Syria in the east, the Hermon slopes in the north and the southern Golan Heights . Near the visitor center is a small sculpture garden exposing steel sculptures by the Dutch artist "Joop de Jong" , a member of kibbutz Merom Golan.
The name of the restaurant on the top is "Kofi Annan" (hebr. קפה ענן), which means "cloud coffee" .
At the bottom of the mountain is a huge water reservoir, the "Bental reservoir", built in the 1980s. It is filled by rain water and local creeks (flowing into Syria and agricultural fields east of Mount Bental before). The red marked hiking trail #1100 leads from the water reservoir to the top of the mountain.
Gallery
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Har Avital (left), the other side of the volcano
References
- Mount Bental / Valley of Tears www.jewishvirtuallibrary.com
- Joop de Jong www.talgallery.co.il
- Cloud Coffee www.2eat.co.il
External links
Template:Hills on the Golan Heights
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