Jebel Aqra

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, romanizedJabal al-ʾAqraʿ, [ˈd͡ʒæbæl al ˈʔaqraʕ]; Turkish: Kel Dağı) is a limestone mountain located on the SyrianTurkish 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.