Mount Nabi Yunis, Syria

{{Short description|Mountain in Syria}}

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| location = Latakia Governorate, Syria

| range = Syrian Coastal Mountain Range (Jabal Ansariya)

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Mount Nabi Yunis ({{langx|ar|جبل النبي يونس|Jabal Nabī Yūnis}}) is the highest point of the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range (Jabal Ansariya or the Alawite Mountains) in northwestern Syria, about {{convert|40|km|mi|sp=us}} east of the Mediterranean port city of Latakia. Its peak is {{convert|1,568|m|ft|sp=us}} above sea level.{{sfn|Balanche|2000|p=50}} Atop the mountain is a {{transliteration|ar|maqam}} (shrine) and both the shrine and mountain are named after Nabi Yunis (the 'Prophet Jonah'), a popular saintly figure among the Alawites of Syria and Turkey.{{sfn|Procházka-Eisl|Procházka|2010|p=123}}

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  • {{cite web |last1=Balanche |first1=Fabrice |title=Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë. |url=https://theses.hal.science/tel-00011981 |publisher=Université François Rabelais |access-date=20 October 2024 |location=Tours |language=French |date=2000}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Procházka-Eisl |first1=Gisela |last2=Procházka |first2=Stephan |title=The Plain of Saints and Prophets: The Nusayri-Alawi Community of Cilicia (Southern Turkey) and Its Sacred Places |date=2010 |publisher=Harassowitz Verlag |location=Wiesbaden |isbn=978-3-447-06178-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ixl3NcvAixAC&pg=PA123}}

Category:Mountains of Syria

Category:Geography of Latakia Governorate