Mount Scopus

Mount Scopus (Hebrew: הַר הַצּוֹפִים <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Har HaTsofim; Arabic: جبل المشارف, Ǧabal al-Mašārif) is a mountain in Jerusalem. It is north-east of the Old City. The mountain is 826 metres (2,710 ft) above the sea. The land is considered an exclave of Israel, surrounded by the West Bank. It was captured from Jordan in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Skopusberg mit Universitaet.jpg
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the top of the mountain
Elevation826 m (2,710 ft)
ListingJudaean Mountains
Location
LocationJerusalem

The cemetery of the American Colony in Jerusalem is near the entrance to the Hebrew University.

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