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Mount Sodom

This Mountain is 8 kilometres (5 mi) long and 170 metres below sea level and is famous for one of the salt pillar of wife of Hz. Lut عليه اسلام

Dead Sea Region, Israel Occupied Palestine

Coordinates: 31.092608, 35.382692

Mount Sodom is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel occupied Palestine; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve.

It is Famous for Sodom Caves and having one of the pillar of wife of Hz. Lut عليه اسلام

Mount Sodom began its rise hundreds of thousands of years ago and continues to grow taller at a rate of 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) a year.

It is approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) long, 5 kilometres (3 mi) wide, and 226 metres (742 ft) above the Dead Sea water level, yet 170 metres (557 ft) below world mean sea level.

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