The Hexagon Pool (Hebrew: בריכת המשושים, Breichat HaMeshushim) is a natural pool by the Meshushim River in the Yehudiya Forest Nature Reserve, the central Golan Heights.
The pool, at the bottom of a canyon, is named after the shape of the hexagonal basalt columns that make up its walls. This geological formation was created by the slow cooling of layers of lava flows over a long period. When the lava solidified and cooled, it was split into polygonal shapes due to its contraction.[1][2]
- ^ "The Meshushim Pool in the Yehudiya Nature Reserve". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ Meshushim Stream Nature Reserve, Israel Nature and Parks Authority, accessed 16 June 2019