Mount Sodom

The "Lot's Wife" pillar on Mount Sodom, Israel, made of halite
Salt cave in Mount Sodom
Bedded halite at Mount Sodom

Mount Sodom (Hebrew: הר סדום, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve.[1] It takes its name from the legendary city of Sodom, whose destruction is the subject of a narrative in the Bible.

  1. ^ Mattes, Johannes; Christian, Erhard; Plan, Lukas (2018). Proceedings of the 12th EuroSpeleo Forum: Ebensee, Austria, August 23rd-26th, 2018 : Connecting Science. Speleological Society of Ebensee. ISBN 978-3-903093-30-0. Retrieved 6 May 2020.