Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ, Jabal al-Shaykh, "Mountain of the Chief"; Hebrew: הר חרמון, Har Hermon, "Mount Hermon") is a very high mountain cluster in the Eastern Lebanon Mountain Range. Its summit sits on the border between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. At 2,814 metres (9,232 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in Syria and Israel. The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend into the Israeli part of the Golan Heights. Most of the mountain peaks are snowy in the winter. Mount Hermon has the highest precipitation in Israel and Syria.
