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Jebel Jais (Arabic: جبل جيس, romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North-Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The summit has an elevation of 1,934 m (6,345 ft). [1] The summit is located on the Omani side, but a high point west of this peak is considered the ...
It is the highest mountain in the Emirate of Fujairah [3] [4] and is part of a larger elevated massif, surrounded by steep slopes and other smaller peaks that exceed 1,400 m (4,600 ft) in altitude, delimiting the Water Divide Line between the drainage basin of Wadi Tawiyeen and Wadi Naqab.
The Burj Al Alam (English: "World Tower") was a proposed 108-story, 510 m (1,670 ft) hyperboloid skyscraper in the Business Bay area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, though the project's roots are in a 101-storey design called "Fortune 101" and slated for the Dubai Marina area. It was designed to resemble a crystal flower.
The highest in the world according to National Geographic magazine (May 2003); [1] pop. 30,000. Barrio Rit’ipata, consisting of miners' shacks, is above it. [2] 2 China: Tuiwa: Tibet Autonomous Region: 5,070 16,634 Described as the "highest administrative village in the world" by sources such as China Daily. [3] 3 Bolivia: Santa Barbara ...
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point. The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
United Arab Emirates topographic map To the south of Jabal Raḩabah (1,543 m), there is a ridge of about 10 km in length, parallel to the coast View towards the Jabal Rams. In the background the city of Rams and the Persian Gulf Coast View from the top of Jabal Naqat Border marker - Oman - UAE View of Jebel Hafeet
The United Arab Emirates is situated in the Middle East and West Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is at a strategic location along the northern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. [2]
El Alto in Bolivia is the highest-altitude city in the world. This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).