Jebel Aqra

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Not to be confused with Acra, Accra, Akra, Åkra, or other Aqras.
For the other Mount Casius near the Serbonian Bog in Egypt, see Ras Kouroun.
Jebel Aqra
جبل الأقرع
Jebel Aqra overlooking the town of Kessab
Highest point
Elevation1,717 m (5,633 ft)
Coordinates35°57′9″N 35°58′9.5″E / 35.95250°N 35.969306°E / 35.95250; 35.969306
Geography
Jebel Aqra is located in Syria
Jebel Aqra
Jebel Aqra
Syrian-Turkish border
LocationLatakia Governorate, Kesab, Syria
Hatay Province, Turkey

Jebel Aqra (Arabic: جبل الأقرع, romanized: Jabal al-ʾAqraʿ, [ˈd͡ʒæbæl al ˈʔaqraʕ]; Turkish: Kel Dağı) is a limestone mountain located on the Syrian–Turkish border near the mouth of the Orontes River on the Mediterranean Sea. Rising from a narrow coastal plain, Jebel Aqra is a mariners' landmark which gathers thunderstorms.

The mountain was a cult site in ancient Canaanite religion and continuing through classical antiquity. A mound of ash and debris remains; an archaeological investigation was broken off because of military restrictions imposed due to the mountain's border location.