Mount Carmel
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Summary
Mount Carmel is a hill chain[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of hill chain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,874 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Haifa District[3]
- Country: Israel[4]
- Made from material: limestone[5]
- Commons category: Mount Carmel[6]
- Highest point: Rom Carmel[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Carmel[8]
- Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[16]
- Different from: Mont Carmel[17]
- Length: 50 km[18]
- Elevation above sea level: 545 m[19]
- Width: 20 km[20]
- Offers view on: Haifa Bay[21], Haifa[22], Jezreel Valley[23], Hof HaCarmel[24]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Mount Carmel[25]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Mount Carmel from Kibbutz Yagur[26]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Mount Carmel include Carmelites[27], a contemplative order[28], founded in 1155[29]; Our Lady of it[30], a titles of Mary, mother of Jesus[31]; Carmelit[32], a funicular[33], in Israel[34], founded in 1959[35]; Ascent of it[36], a literary work[37], written by John of the Cross[38]; Carmel Tunnels[39], a road[40], in Israel[41], founded in 2010[42]; carmeltazite[43], a mineral species[44]; Carmelite Sisters of the Child Jesus[45], a Catholic order[46], founded in 1921[47]; and Allium carmeli[48], a taxon[49].
Why It Matters
Mount Carmel has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for it include Carmelites[27], a contemplative order[28], founded in 1155[29]; Our Lady of it[30], a titles of Mary, mother of Jesus[31]; Carmelit[32], a funicular[33], in Israel[34], founded in 1959[35]; Ascent of it[36], a literary work[37], written by John of the Cross[38]; Carmel Tunnels[39], a road[40], in Israel[41], founded in 2010[42]; and carmeltazite[43], a mineral species[44].