Mount Sodom

Mount Sodom
Mount Sodom, Israel, showing the so-called "Lot's Wife" pillar made of halite like the rest of the mountain.

Coordinates: 31°4′19″N 35°23′49″E / 31.07194°N 35.39694°E / 31.07194; 35.39694 Mount Sodom (Arabic: جبل السدوم‎, Jabal(u) 'ssudūm; Hebrew: הר סדום‎, Har Sdom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel. It is most remarkable because it is made almost entirely of halite, or rock salt. It is approximately five miles (8 km) long, three miles (5 km) wide, 742 feet (226 m) above the Dead Sea water level, yet 557 feet (170 m) below sea level. Because of weathering, sometimes portions become separated. One of these separate pillars has been labeled "Lot's Wife", a reference to Lot's wife in the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

View of the Dead Sea from Mount Sodom.

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