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Mount Sodom

 
Mount Sodom, Israel, showing the so-called "Lot's Wife" pillar made of halite like the rest of the mountain.

Coordinates: 31°4′19″N 35°23′49″E / 31.07194°N 35.39694°E / 31.07194; 35.39694 Mount Sodom (Hebrew: הר סדום‎, Har Sedom; Arabic: جبل السدوم‎, Jabal(u) 'ssudūm) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel, part of the Judean Desert Nature Reserve. Mount Sodom began its rise hundreds of thousands of years ago, and it continues to grow taller at a rate of 3.5 mm a year.[1]

It is most remarkable because it is made almost entirely of halite, or rock salt. It is approximately five miles (8 km) long, three miles (5 km) wide, 742 feet (226 m) above the Dead Sea water level, yet 557 feet (170 m) below sea level. Because of weathering, sometimes portions become separated. One of these separate pillars has been labeled "Lot's Wife", a reference to Lot's wife in the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

View of the Dead Sea from Mount Sodom.

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References

  1. ^ Hareuveni, Imanuel (1985) (in Hebrew). קום התהלך בארץ: מדריך שמורות טבע בישראל [Nature Reserves in Israel] (2nd ed.). Israel: Israel Ministry of Defense. pp. 406, 409. ISBN 965-05-0193-2. "בחלקהּ הדר' של הבקעה מתרומם הר סדום (פסגתו 240 מ' מעל פני ים המלח. ארכו כ-11 ק"מ ורוחבו כ-2 ק"מ), לו נוף מיוחד של עמקי אורך ורכסי אורך, שכיוונם הכללי צפ'-דר' והבנוי, בעיקרו, סלעי מלח." "ראשית התרוממות ההר החלה לפני כמה מאות אלפי שנים. ב-20 אלף השנים האחרונות התרומם ההר בקצב של 3.5 מ"מ בשנה, והתרוממות זו נמשכת גם כיום." 

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