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Sinjar Mountains

The 1687th highest mountain range in the world

1,463m

The Sinjar Mountains (Kurdish, Syriac), is a 100-kilometre-long (62 mi) mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surrounding alluvial steppe plains in northwestern Iraq to an elevation of 1,463 meters (4, 800 ft). The highest segment of these mountains, about 75 km (47 mi) long, lies in the Nineveh Governorate. The western and lower segment of these mountains lies in Syria and is about 25 km (16 mi) long. The city of Sinjar is just south of the range. These mountains are regarded as sacred by the local Yazidis.

Location: Iraq.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.

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