Jabal Ram
{{Short description|Highest point of Jordan}}
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| name = Jabal Ramm
| other_name = جبل رم
| photo = Jabal Ramm, Wadi Rum, Jordan.jpg
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| photo_alt = A wide rocky tan-colored ridge, reaching a high point in the middle, over a desert of reddish sand with a smaller prominence in the foreground
| photo_caption = Jabal Ramm from east
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| translation = Mountain of the Ramm
| language = Arabic
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| coordinates = {{coord|29.58333|35.40000|display=inline, title}}
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Jabal Ram is a mountain in Jordan. Most authorities give its elevation as {{convert|1734|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above sea level. It was once thought to be the highest point in Jordan, but SRTM data shows that Jabal Umm al Dami is {{convert|1854|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/TAC/tac47/highjink.htm |title=The Angry Corrie 47: Oct-Nov 2000 |access-date=2009-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327141641/http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tac/tac47/highjink.htm |archive-date=2008-03-27 }} above sea level and therefore higher.
Traditional climbing routes over its eastern face make it one of the main attractions for climbers.
There are about ten scrambling routes across the mountain.
Tony Howard wrote a valuable book about Jordan, including Wadi Rum and Jabal Rum: Treks and Climbs in Wadi Rum, Jordan.
The most popular scrambling routes are the Thamudic and Sheikh Hamdans.
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