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Jebel Akhdar (Oman)
The Jebel Akhdar, Jabal Akhdar or Djebel Akhdar (Arabic: الجبل الأخضر meaning The Green Mountain) is a mountain range in Oman, extending about 300 km northwest to southeast, between 50-100 km inland from the Gulf of Oman coast. The highest point, Jabal Shams (the mountain of the sun), is around 3,000 metres (around 9,800 feet) high Sources differ as to the height of the summit of Jabal Shams, with figures ranging between 2,980 and 3,075 metres.
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