Mount Sodom
31°4′19″N 35°23′49″E / 31.07194°N 35.39694°E Mount Sodom (Template:Lang-he-n, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel, part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve.[1]
History
Movements of the African rift system, along with the pressure generated by the slow accumulation of earth and rock, pressed down on the layers of salt, creating Mount Sodom. It is about 80 percent salt, 720 feet (220 m) high, capped by a layer of limestone, clay and conglomerate that was dragged along as it was squeezed up from the valley floor.[2]
It is approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) long, 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, and 226 metres (742 ft) above the Dead Sea water level, yet 170 metres (557 ft) below world mean sea level. Because of weathering, some portions have separated. One of these pillars is known as "Lot's wife", in reference to the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
See also
References
- ^ Collins, Steven; Scott, Latayne C. (2016). Discovering the City of Sodom: The Fascinating, True Account of the Discovery of the Old Testament's Most Infamous City. Simon and Schuster. p. 150. ISBN 9781451684384. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ Punished for looking back, Lot's wife may fall forward
