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 Hodeid=, which forms a higher southward extension of Gebel
Abu Hireiq, is really two ranges with the Wadi Abu Hodeid draining
between them. The western range is the higher, its summit, marked
by a beacon in latitude 22° 23′ 18″, longitude 35° 14′ 9″,
being 1,482 metres above sea. The highest point of the eastern range
is 1,256 metres above sea. The south termination of this eastern
range is a very conspicuous rounded peak of granite, 992 metres
above sea, called =Abu Hodeid Ogla=, which forms a good landmark
for travellers in making the wells of Abu Hodeid; the wells lie
west of this peak. The south parts of the Abu Hodeid mountains are
drained by the Wadis Shinai, Delawet, and Abu Hodeid, all feeders
of Wadi Hasium, and all leading to important water sources. The
eastern faces are drained by Wadis Abu Hireiq and Tikraneib, which
are likewise feeders of Hasium, while the western flanks are drained
by feeders of Wadi Feqoh. The broad opening where Wadi Hasium passes
to the south of the range makes a natural division separating the
mountains of Abu Hodeid from those of the Adar Qaqa group.
=Gebel Mansur Diab=, a dark mountain, 1,091 metres high, lying six
kilometres west of Gebel Abu Hodeid, is not often visible from the
east, being hidden by the higher ranges in front of it; but it forms
a conspicuous landmark to any one approaching from the west.
To the south of Gebel Mansur Diab, between the heads of Wadi Feqoh
and Wadi Hasium, are some other mountains of considerable height, the
positions of whose summits were fixed by triangulation, but which were
not closely approached. These are =Gebel Hadal Derqa= (1,108 metres),
which as seen from the north appeared like a hog-backed dark ridge
with a conical semi-detached hill at its south-east end; and =Gebel
Hilwit Hasium=, which appeared to consist of two separate peaks
some three and a half kilometres apart, the higher or north-east one
rising to 1,037 metres, the south-west one to 952 metres above sea.
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