[Oman-L] Highest

Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:16:55 +0200

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Although Jabal Shams is the common name on the maps, there is an 
academic controversy about that. It seems the correct name should be 
Shaam (or something like that, with a long "a".

This is summarized in a well informed paper by D. Insall: "The re-naming 
of Oman's Highest Mountain" that appeared in Journal of Oman Studies 11, 
2000, p. 111-119, with a lot of relevant information.

Serge Cleuziou

Bedu Expeditionen a écrit:

>It is defenitly Jebel Shams. 
>Sometimes it is called Jebel Akhdhar because this is the name for the whole range.
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>Regards
>Peter
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>>Would like to define which is Oman's highest mountain.  Some references say Jebal Shams, others insist Jebal Akhdar.  Anything definitive?  John Burrowes.  
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Although Jabal Shams is the common name on the maps, there is an academic
controversy about that. It seems the correct name should be Shaam (or something
like that, with a long "a".

This is summarized in a well informed paper by D. Insall: "The re-naming
of Oman's Highest Mountain" that appeared in Journal of Oman Studies 11,
2000, p. 111-119, with a lot of relevant information.

Serge Cleuziou 

Bedu Expeditionen a écrit:

  It is defenitly Jebel Shams. 
Sometimes it is called Jebel Akhdhar because this is the name for the whole range.

Regards
Peter

    Would like to define which is Oman's highest mountain.  Some references say Jebal Shams, others insist Jebal Akhdar.  Anything definitive?  John Burrowes.  

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Wüstenreisen — Trekkingtouren — Individuelle Reisen
Arabien — Afrika — Asien

Bedu Expeditionen
Peter Franzisky
Neureutherstr. 10, D-80799 München
Tel. 089-6243 9791, Fax 6243 9885
mail@bedu.de   http://www.bedu.de

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