Mountain of Smoke

{{Short description|Mountain in Bahrain}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mountain of Smoke

| other_name = Jabal ad Dukhan

| native_name = {{native name|ar|جبل الدخان}}

| photo = File:Jabal Ad Dukhan.jpg

| photo_caption = Jabal ad Dukhan in 2016

| elevation_m = 134

| elevation_ref = [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10475 "Jabal ad Dukhan"] on Peakbagger.com Retrieved 24 September 2011

| prominence_m = 134

| prominence_ref =

| map = Bahrain#Persian Gulf

| map_caption = Location in Bahrain##Location in the Persian Gulf

| map_size = 250

| listing = Country high point

| location = Bahrain

| range =

| coordinates = {{coord|26|2|20|N|50|32|35|E|type:mountain_region:BH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

The Mountain of Smoke ({{langx|ar|جبل الدخان}}, {{Transliteration|ar|Jabal al Dukhan}}) is a hill in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain. At {{convert|134|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above mean sea level, it is the country's highest point. The Mountain of Smoke is named as such because of the haze which often surrounds it on humid days. A number of caves of indeterminate type are in the vicinity of the mountain.{{cite web

| last = Collins

| first = Lynn

| title = Life Before the Oil Boom: The way it used to be

| url = http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG1/beforeoil1.html

| accessdate = 2008-09-15

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040408102829/http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG1/beforeoil1.html

| archive-date = 2004-04-08

| url-status = dead

}}(Archived by the Internet Archive [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG1/beforeoil1.html here], archived by WebCite, Google cache entry [http://www.bahrainguide.org/BG1/beforeoil1.html here])

Flint dating to the Stone Age has been found on and around the hill.{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Michael|title=The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134967933|page=149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0maIAgAAQBAJ&dq=bahrain%20%20mountain&pg=PA149|accessdate=17 August 2015}}