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 Egat=, one of the best known and most remarkable of the
mountains of the group, is a high steep cone rising to 1,145 metres
above sea on the north side of the Wadi Alaqi in latitude 22° 5′
39″, longitude 34° 52′ 15″. It is a landmark for Bir Egat,
which lies about five kilometres to the east, and for the mines of
Alfawi, which lie some ten kilometres south-east of the peak.
=Gebel Shanaiyet= (907 metres) and =Gebel Hamida= lie south of the
Wadi Defeit, between that wadi and the Wadi Egat.
=Gebel Hateib= or =Suhin= (854 metres) forms the main collecting
ground for the Wadis Hateib and Suhin, which are tributaries of Alaqi.
=Gebel Um el Tiur el Foqani= is a group of very high steep hills
on the south side of Wadi Defeit. It has a well-marked peak as its
summit, in latitude 22° 17′ 56″, longitude 34° 41′ 14″, 946
metres above sea-level. This peak forms a point on the administrative
boundary between Egypt and the Sudan.
=Gebel Um el Tiur el Tahtani=, situated some twelve kilometres
west-north-west of the foregoing, and on the opposite side of the
Wadi Defeit, is a somewhat similar but lower group of hills, its
highest point rising to 783 metres above sea.
=Gebel el Adraq= (770 metres) and =Gebel Guqub= are two other
hill-groups south of Gebel Um el Tiur el Tahtani, lying between
the Wadis Defeit and Alaqi. Gebel el Adraq is a landmark for some
old mines called Betan, while Gebel Guqub is the collecting ground,
the drainage of which supplies the important well of Bir Guqub.
=Gebel Muqsim= is a conspicuous mountain on the south side of the
Wadi Alaqi near the meridian of 34°. The triangulation cairn on its
summit is in latitude 22° 10′ 11″, longitude 34° 1′ 12″,
at an altitude of 825 metres above sea-level. Gebel Muqsim forms a
point on the administrative boundary between Egypt and the Sudan.
=The Elba-Shendib Group.=
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