The geography and geology of south-eastern EgyptBall, John
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The geography and geology of south-eastern Egypt
Ball, John
Geology -- Egypt; Physical geography -- Egypt
=Gebel Abu Hegilig= is another high granite hill, three and a half
kilometres east of Gebel Um el Abbas and twenty-six kilometres north
of Gebel Hamata. Its summit, 607 metres above sea, is marked by a
beacon, the position being latitude 24° 26′ 16″, longitude 34°
58′ 32″. The hill is drained by feeders of Wadi Um el Abbas. The
camp from which I ascended the hill was in one of these feeders 1,200
metres north-east of the beacon and 267 metres above sea-level; the
climb of 340 metres was not difficult, and only occupied a little
over an hour. The beacon is on a block not large enough to take an
instrument, so that observations here were taken from an eccentric
point a little way along the ridge and afterwards reduced to centre.
=Gebel Sarobi= is a small hill-range twenty-two kilometres north-east
of Gebel Hamata and some eleven kilometres from the sea coast. The
peak at its south end is 471 metres above sea-level. This range
has not been closely approached nor well seen, but it must be very
conspicuous to any one travelling in the low hill country near
the sea.
=Gebel Ras el Kharit= is a mountain range forming part of the main
watershed, running in a nearly east and west line a little south
of Gebel Hamata. Its highest peak is extremely sharp, and rises
to 1,661 metres above sea-level six kilometres south-south-east of
Hamata. Of the many other peaks of the range, the chief is one three
kilometres west of the highest point, and six kilometres due south
of Hamata; this reaches an altitude of 1,564 metres. The northern
face of the range is drained by the heads of the Wadi Huluz, while
the southern is drained by the heads of Wadi Kharit, whence the name
of the mountain range.
=Gebel Khashir=, which forms an eastward extension of Gebel Ras
el Kharit, reaches an altitude of 1,565 metres above sea-level;
its highest peak is nine and a half kilometres south-east of Gebel
Hamata. It is drained to the sea by the Wadi Khashir, the heads of
which end in the precipitous eastern faces of the mountain.
=Gebel Mikbi= is a long high ridge on the main watershed, seven
kilometres south of Gebel Khashir. Its highest point, at the south
end of the ridge, is 1,388 metres above sea-level. Gebel Mikbi
is connected with Gebel Ras el Kharit by a lower ridge running
north-west and forming the continuation of the watershed across the
head of Wadi el Kharit. There is a pass across this ridge into the
head of Wadi Mikbi, which drains Gebel Mikbi seawards, but it is a
very difficult one for loaded camels owing to the great steepness
of the eastern side.
=Gebel Zatit= is another high ridge about five kilometres east of
Gebel Mikbi, on the south side of the head of Wadi Mikbi.
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