Talk:Jebel Akhdar (Oman)

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[edit] How high?

Checking a range of sources gave various summit altitudes between 2,980-3075 m. Anyone have any accurate info? - MPF 15:03, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

I can't be any more sure than you. My Insight Consise World Atlas says 3018 m, my Phillips World Atlas says 3019 m. The CIA (in Geography_of_Oman) says 2,980 m, but the Oman Ministry of Information says 3075 m. I wrote the uncertainty up for formally as a footnote.

I'm not sure that the characterisation of the Jebel Akhdar being 300km long is correct. My understanding is that the Akhdar comprises the central section of the Hajar Mountains, with the Western Hajar heading NW and the Eastern Hajar heading mostly eastward. This is how my Insight Atlas has it, and this seems to mesh with Global Security's discussion of the Jebel Akhdar war, which says "...Hajar Mountains, of which the Jebel Akhdar, or Green Mountain, is a part,...". I think I'll make some tweaks here and various supporting places to that effect. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:00, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

I did some more checking, and much poring over various atlasses, and indeed the Hajar is the name for the whole chain, with its constituents being (north to south) Hajar al Gharbi, Jebel Akhdar, Jebel Nakhl, and Hajar ash Sharqi. The whole chain (which runs from Sur in the east all the way to the Straights of Hormuz) must be more than 500 km long. It's not clear where the Akhdar starts and stops, but the southern boundary at the pass at Nizwa seems reasonable. I'll start a stub Al Hajar Mountains and we can add to it as things unfold. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:31, August 27, 2005 (UTC)

On visiting the location in August 2006 the information at the base of the trail up says Jebel Shamms Summit is 2,097m which is confirmed by a steel etched 'compass plaque' at the summit (although an information board in another location says 3,009m). However, it also says there is a North Summit at 3,009m. After walking around 1.5km in this direction it was discovered that a military installation (lots of aerials and a radar dome) was fenced off in this area. However, I think you still exceed 3,000m even though you can't get to the top, as such. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Troll King (talk • contribs) 12:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)