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The region has extensive oil and gas resources and was deformed during the last several million years by more distant tectonic events.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geologic_history,_stratigraphy_and_tectonics"><span id="Geologic_history.2C_stratigraphy_and_tectonics"></span>Geologic history, stratigraphy and tectonics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geologic history, stratigraphy and tectonics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Atop the crystalline and igneous <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_basement_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Metamorphic basement rock">metamorphic basement rock</a> of the Arabian Shield, Huqf Group clastics, carbonates and evaporites are the oldest sedimentary rocks in the UAE. Throughout the <a href="/wiki/Paleozoic" title="Paleozoic">Paleozoic</a>, the region experienced mainly clastic deposition. Carbonates are rare, except from the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a>, early-middle <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> and early-middle <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">Carboniferous</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jebel_Dhanna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jebel Dhanna (page does not exist)">Jebel Dhanna</a> in <a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Abu_Dhabi" title="Emirate of Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a> and the offshore islands of Dalma, Arzana, Zirkouh and Das have some of the oldest surface exposures: <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">dolomite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">shale</a> and volcanic rocks brought to the surface by salt tectonics. The <a href="/wiki/Hercynian_orogeny" class="mw-redirect" title="Hercynian orogeny">Hercynian orogeny</a> affected the Middle East Craton in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Carboniferous" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Carboniferous">Late Carboniferous</a>, driving erosion and warping. Clastics deposited on the unconformity left by the erosion through the <a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">Permian</a>, principally sandstone, siltstone, anhydrite and dolomite.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200110-11_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200110-11-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mesozoic_(251-66_million_years_ago)"><span id="Mesozoic_.28251-66_million_years_ago.29"></span>Mesozoic (251-66 million years ago)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mesozoic (251-66 million years ago)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Supercontinent" title="Supercontinent">supercontinent</a> <a href="/wiki/Pangea" class="mw-redirect" title="Pangea">Pangea</a>, the area became more arid in the Permian into the <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a>. Shallow water carbonates and evaporites belonging to the Khuff Formation deposited during a <a href="/wiki/Marine_transgression" title="Marine transgression">marine transgression</a>, with microcrystalline dolomite, limestone and anhydrite up to 2.9 kilometres (1.8 miles) thick and recording five marine regressions. With the westward uplifting of the region, it was succeeded by the Sudair Formation (dolomite, argillaceous limestone, shale and anhydrite) and the Gulailh and Jilh formations (offshore and on-shore in Abu Dhabi respectively). A full scale marine regression is recorded in the clastic lacustrine sandstones and limestones of the Minjur Formation. </p><p>A very large carbonate platform took shape during a major marine transgression in the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a>, leaving behind the Hamlah Formation <a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">greywacke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">mudstone</a> from the early Jurassic, the middle Jurassic Araej Formation and the <a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">oolite</a> dominated Asab Formation in the east. In the 1960s and 1970s, oil companies described the Thamama Group.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The early <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> is marked by the fossil-bearing Shuaiba Formation, which contains <a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">breccia</a> and mollusk-rich limestone as well as <a href="/wiki/Ammonite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammonite">ammonite</a> fossils. The Middle Cretaceous Wasia Group, including the Nahr Umr, Salbikh and Mishrif formations occurs between Abu Dhabi and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> and deposited during a time of moderate uplift and erosion. As a result, the Nahr Umr Formation contains glauconite sands, shale, small phosphates and some limestone. However, a marine transgression took place by the time of the Mauddud Member deposition. The thick limestone sequence of the Mishrif Formation deposited in the Shilaif Basin, with a thickness of 1,600 feet (490 metres) in the west offshore and 865 ft (264 m) in the Umm Addalkh field. The packstone, <a href="/wiki/Greywacke" title="Greywacke">greywacke</a> and limestone contains abundant <a href="/wiki/Rudist" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudist">rudist</a> fossils. The Aruma Group marks two successive transgression-regression events in the late Cretaceous, with the Laffan Formation argillaceous limestone and the Halul Formation calcareous shale and lime-mudstone from the first event and the marl-shale-mudstone Fiqa Formation and greywacke-dolomite Simsima Formation from the second event.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200120-25_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200120-25-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cenozoic_(66_million_years_ago-present)"><span id="Cenozoic_.2866_million_years_ago-present.29"></span>Cenozoic (66 million years ago-present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cenozoic (66 million years ago-present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A disconformity appeared with a drop in sea level in the <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Paleogene" title="Paleogene">Paleogene</a>, the Qatar Arch was comparatively stable and Abu Dhabi was at the edge of the Rub al Khali and Pabdeh-Gurpi (centered in the North Emirates) basins. The Hasa Group includes Umm Er Radhuma, Rus and Dammam formations. The Pabdeh Formation is largely offshore and contains 2,200 feet (670 metres) of shale and argillaceous limestone. </p><p>The Umm Er Radhuma Formation ranges from 1150 feet in the northwest to 2300 in the east with limestone, dolomite, argillite, sabkha cycles, shale and anhydrite. Evaporite formed in the early <a href="/wiki/Eocene" title="Eocene">Eocene</a> leaving the 200 to 840 foot Rus Formation which also includes minor argillaceous limestones. A return to lower salinity and shallow marine conditions in the Middle Eocene deposited the nummulitic carbonates of the Dammam Formation, as well as dolomite and subordinate shales. Uplift and erosion affected the region into the <a href="/wiki/Oligocene" title="Oligocene">Oligocene</a>. The partially dolomite, and fossiliferous limestone dominated Asmari Formation emplaced in the far east, followed by the 400 to 2,800 feet (120 to 850 metres) Gachsaran Formation from the early <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>, with anhydrite and dolomite, ascending to dolomite, limestone, anhydrite, shale, marl and other carbonates. The Gachsaran depocenter was located in onshore Abu Dhabi. </p><p>During the late Miocene and into the <a href="/wiki/Pliocene" title="Pliocene">Pliocene</a>, the Alpine Orogeny which uplifted the Alps and the Himalayas affected the region, uplifting the <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Omani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zagros_Mountains" title="Zagros Mountains">Zagros Mountains</a> and driving significant erosion. Muds, sabkha deposits, windblown sand, conglomerate limestone, beach gravel and silt are all defining sediments of the past 2.5 million years of the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200121-27_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrani,_Farzad200121-27-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hills_and_mountains">Hills and mountains</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geology_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hills and mountains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg/440px-Sheikh_Mohammed_Bin_Zayed_Rd_-_Ras_al_Khaimah_-_United_Arab_Emirates_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Ru%27us_al-Jibal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ru'us al-Jibal">Ru'us al-Jibal</a></i>, including <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Al_Mebrah" title="Jebel Al Mebrah">Jebel Al Mebrah</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Ras_Al_Khaimah" title="Ras Al Khaimah">Ras Al Khaimah</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Musandam_Peninsula" title="Musandam Peninsula">northeast</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On the country's eastern border with Oman are the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hajar_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Hajar Mountains">Western Hajar Mountains</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-Lancaster&Lancaster2011_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lancaster&Lancaster2011-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The highest mountains in the Emirates, located entirely within its territory, or with its peak located exactly on the border with Oman, are the following: </p> <ul><li><ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jabal_ar_Rahrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal ar Rahrah">Jabal ar Rahrah</a> (1,691 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25.94419°N, 56.15219°E</li> <li><b>Jabal Sal (1,575 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (on the border between UAE and Oman) - Coordinadas 25.93251°N, 56.16921°E</li> <li><b>Jabal Harf Tila - I (1,568 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (on the border between UAE and Oman) - Coordinates 25°41'21.4"N 56°09'30.6"E</li> <li><b>Jabal Harf Tila - II (1,555 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25°41'11.8"N 56°09'20.9"E</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Ra%E1%B8%A9abah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Raḩabah">Jabal Raḩabah</a> (1,543 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25.92610°N, 56.11689°E</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Al_Mebrah" title="Jebel Al Mebrah">Jebel Al Mebrah</a> (1.505 m)</b> Emirate of Fujairah - Coordinates 25.64860°N, 56.12860°E</li> <li><b>Jabal Yibir (1,489 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25.667600, 56.135750</li> <li><b><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabal_Yabanah" class="extiw" title="ceb:Jabal Yabanah">Jabal Yabānah</a> (1.480 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (on the border between UAE and Oman) - Coordinates 25.87500°N, 56.16000°E</li> <li><b>Jebel Halhal (1,435 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25.94184°N, 56.13511°E</li> <li><b><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabal_Qada%E2%80%98ah" class="extiw" title="ceb:Jabal Qada‘ah">Jabal Qada‘ah</a> (1,370 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah - Coordinates 25.77781°N, 56.14190°E</li> <li><b>Jabal Ḩafīt / <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Hafeet" title="Jebel Hafeet">Jebel Hafeet</a> (1,249 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-GulfNews_03-2019_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GulfNews_03-2019-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OBG2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBG2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gardner_01-2004_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner_01-2004-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>Other mountains:</li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><b>Jabal al Fāyah - <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Faya" title="Jebel Faya">Jebel Faya</a> (392 m)</b> <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-TheNational_05-2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheNational_05-2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Armitage_al._01-2011_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Armitage_al._01-2011-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Buhais" title="Jebel Buhais">Jebel Buhais</a> (340 m)</b><sup id="cite_ref-GulfNews_01-2020_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GulfNews_01-2020-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KhaleejTimes_01-2020_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KhaleejTimes_01-2020-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kiesewetter1999_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kiesewetter1999-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Yanas" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Yanas">Jabal Yanas</a><sup id="cite_ref-GulfNews_02-2019_25-0" class="reference"><a 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hajar_Mountains" title="Hajar Mountains">Hajar range</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Central_Hajar" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Hajar_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Hajar Mountains">Central Hajar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Akhdar_(Oman)" title="Jebel Akhdar (Oman)">Jebel Akhdar</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Shams" title="Jebel Shams">Jebel Shams</a> (H)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Hajar_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Hajar Mountains">Eastern Hajar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jabal Aswad</li> <li>Jabal Bani Jabar</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Hajar_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Hajar Mountains">Western Hajar</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Akhdar_(Oman)" title="Jebel Akhdar (Oman)">Jebel Akhdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Ghawil" title="Jebel Ghawil">Jebel Ghawil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Shams" title="Jebel Shams">Jebel Shams</a> (H, HP)</li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Ru&#039;us_al-Jibal" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Ru%27us_al-Jibal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ru'us al-Jibal">Ru'us al-Jibal</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Al_Harim" title="Jabal Al Harim">Jabal Al Harim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Qihwi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebel Qihwi">Jebel Qihwi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balcony_Walk,_Jebel_Shams,_Oman_(36729358660).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jebel Shams of the Western-Central Hajar range, Oman"><img alt="Jebel Shams of the Western-Central Hajar range, Oman" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg/80px-Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg/120px-Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg/160px-Balcony_Walk%2C_Jebel_Shams%2C_Oman_%2836729358660%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dhofar_Mountains" title="Dhofar Mountains">Dhofar range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Qamar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebel Qamar">Jebel Qamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Qara" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebel Qara">Jebel Qarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Samhan_Nature_Reserve" title="Jabal Samhan Nature Reserve">Jabal Samhan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="List of mountains in Saudi Arabia">List of mountains in Saudi Arabia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia">List of volcanoes in Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qarah_Mountain_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Al-Qarah Mountain (Saudi Arabia)">Jabal Al-Qarah</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sarawat_Mountains" title="Sarawat Mountains">Sarat range</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Al-Oraif" title="Jabal Al-Oraif">Jabal Al-Oraif</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Asir_Mountains" title="Asir Mountains">'Asir range</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_al_Birk" title="Harrat al Birk">Harrat al Birk</a> (LF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Ad-Dhoor" title="Jabal Ad-Dhoor">Jabal Ad-Dhoor</a></li> <li>Jabal <a href="/wiki/Al-Hadab" title="Al-Hadab">Al-Hadab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Al-Majaz" title="Jabal Al-Majaz">Jabal Al-Majaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Al-Qo%27mah" title="Jabal Al-Qo'mah">Jabal Al-Qo'mah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_As-Sahla%27" title="Jabal As-Sahla'">Jabal As-Sahla'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebal_As-Seqaa" title="Jebal As-Seqaa">Jebal As-Seqaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Atherb" title="Jabal Atherb">Jabal Atherb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Khalaqah" title="Jabal Khalaqah">Jabal Khalaqah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Lawa%27s" title="Jabal Lawa's">Jabal Lawa's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Mana%27" title="Jabal Mana'">Jabal Mana'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Maomah" title="Jabal Maomah">Jabal Maomah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Mareer" title="Jabal Mareer">Jabal Mareer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Masher" title="Jabal Masher">Jabal Masher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Moushref" title="Jabal Moushref">Jabal Moushref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Nahran" title="Jabal Nahran">Jabal Nahran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Natfa%27" title="Jabal Natfa'">Jabal Natfa'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_%27Okran" title="Jabal 'Okran">Jabal 'Okran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Sawda" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Sawda">Jabal Sawdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Yar" title="Jabal Yar">Jabal Yar</a> (VF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Warrab" title="Jabal Warrab">Jabal Warrab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%27af_A%27l_Nassir" title="Sh'af A'l Nassir">Sh'af A'l Nassir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%27af_Bayhan" title="Sh'af Bayhan">Sh'af Bayhan</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Al_Bahah_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Bahah Region">Al-Bahah</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jabal_Shada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jabal Shada (page does not exist)">Jabal Shada</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%87%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A7" class="extiw" title="ar:كهوف جبل شدا">ar</a>]</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jizan_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Jizan Region">Jizan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fifa_Mountains" title="Fifa Mountains">Fifa Mountains</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1463881/saudi-arabia">Jebel</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qeher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Qeher (page does not exist)">Al-Qeher</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="ar:جبل القهر">ar</a>]</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Najran_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Najran Region">Najran</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1365241/saudi-arabia">Jabal Abu Hamdan</a></li> <li>Jabal Raum</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hijaz_Mountains" title="Hijaz Mountains">Hijaz range</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_Khaybar" title="Harrat Khaybar">Harrat Khaybar</a> (VF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_Kishb" title="Harrat Kishb">Harrat Kishb</a> (LF) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Wahbah_crater" title="Al Wahbah crater">Al Wahbah crater</a> (VC)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_Lunayyir" title="Harrat Lunayyir">Harrat Lunayyir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_Rahat" title="Harrat Rahat">Harrat Rahat</a> (LF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Qubays_(mountain)" title="Abu Qubays (mountain)">Jabal Abu Qubays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_al-Nour" title="Jabal al-Nour">Jabal al-Nour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Arafat" title="Mount Arafat">Jabal 'Arafat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Daka" title="Jabal Daka">Jabal Daka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hada" title="Al Hada">Jabal Hada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sela_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Sela (Saudi Arabia)">Jabal Sela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Thawr" title="Jabal Thawr">Jabal Thawr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Uhud" title="Mount Uhud">Jabal Uhud</a></li> <li>Jabal Werqan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safa_and_Marwa" title="Safa and Marwa">Safa and Marwa</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Midian_range" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Midian_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Midian Mountains">Midian range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrat_al-Sham" title="Harrat al-Sham">Harrat al-Sham</a> (VF) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Harrah,_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Harrah, Saudi Arabia">Jabal Al-Amud</a>? (VF)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_al-Lawz" title="Jabal al-Lawz">Jabal Al-Lawz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Al-Qalom" title="Jabal Al-Qalom">Jabal Al-Qalom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_an_Nukhaylah" title="Jabal an Nukhaylah">Jabal an Nukhaylah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Hubaysh,_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Hubaysh, Saudi Arabia">Jabal Hubaysh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tabuk_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabuk Region">Tabuk Region</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Maqla" title="Jabal Maqla">Jabal Maqla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_%60Umayyid" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal `Umayyid">Jabal `Umayyid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Umm_Hayf%C4%81%27" title="Jabal Umm Hayfā'">Jabal Umm Hayfā'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebal_Ad-dhahr" title="Jebal Ad-dhahr">Mountains of Adh-Dhahr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sarat Mountains in the area of Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Sarat Mountains in the area of Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg/90px-Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg/135px-Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg/180px-Baha_1308_IMG_4250.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shammar_Mountains" title="Shammar Mountains">Shammar range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salma_Mountains" title="Salma Mountains">Salma range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Shammar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Shammar">Jabal Shammar</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Aja_range" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aja range</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Aja_Protected_Area" title="Jabal Aja Protected Area">Jabal Aja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shammar_Mountains" title="Shammar Mountains">Shammar Mountains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tuwayr_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuwayr Mountains">Tuwayr range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jabal <a href="/wiki/Tuwaiq" title="Tuwaiq">Tuwaiq</a>?</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates">List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Western_Hajar" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western Hajar<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Ru'us al-Jibal</i><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Jais" title="Jebel Jais">Jebel Jais</a> (H)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_ar_Rahrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal ar Rahrah">Jabal Ar-Rahrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Ra%E1%B8%A9abah" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Raḩabah">Jabal Rahabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Qada%27ah" title="Jabal Qada'ah">Jabal Qada'ah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Al_Mebrah" title="Jebel Al Mebrah">Jebel Yibir</a> (HP)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Shumayliyyah_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Shumayliyyah Mountains">Shumayliyyah range</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Al-Heben" class="mw-redirect" title="Jebel Al-Heben">Jebel Al-Heben</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Outliers, outcrops or anticlines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Buhais" title="Jebel Buhais">Jebel Buhais</a> (AC, OC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Faya" title="Jebel Faya">Jebel Faya</a> (AC, OC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jebel_Hafeet" title="Jebel Hafeet">Jebel Hafeet</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (OL)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jebel Jais of the Western Hajar in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE"><img alt="Jebel Jais of the Western Hajar in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg/80px-Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg/121px-Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg/161px-Jabal_Al_Jais.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/45px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Yemen" title="List of volcanoes in Yemen">List of volcanoes in Yemen</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hadhramaut_Mountains" title="Hadhramaut Mountains">Hadhramaut range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Jabal Ar-Rays?</li> <li>Jabal Husn Ghuraf</li> <li>Jebel Shaqb?</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yemen_Highlands_(10263628893).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg/88px-Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg/132px-Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg/176px-Yemen_Highlands_%2810263628893%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5706" data-file-height="3885" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sarat range<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>p<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harra_of_Arhab" title="Harra of Arhab">Harra of Arhab</a> (VF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harras_of_Dhamar" title="Harras of Dhamar">Harras of Dhamar</a> (VF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harra_es-Sawad" title="Harra es-Sawad">Harra es-Sawad</a> (VF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Hubaysh,_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Hubaysh, Yemen">Jabal Hubaysh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ibb_Governorate" title="Ibb Governorate">Ibb Governorate</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Kanin" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Kanin">Jabal Kanin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Nuqm" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabal Nuqm">Jabal Nuqm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Sabir" title="Jabal Sabir">Jabal Sabir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Tiyal" title="Jabal Tiyal">Jabal Tiyal</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Haraz_range" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jabal_Haraz" title="Jabal Haraz">Haraz range</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jabal_An-Nabi_Shu%27ayb" title="Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb">Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb</a> (H, HP)<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>q<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Note:</b> Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. <a href="/wiki/Outcrop" title="Outcrop">Outcrops</a> are indicated with 'OC', and <a href="/wiki/Inliers_and_outliers_(geology)" title="Inliers and outliers (geology)">outliers</a> with 'OL', and <a href="/wiki/Anticline" title="Anticline">anticlines</a> with 'AC'. <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">Volcanoes</a> are indicated with 'V', <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_crater" title="Volcanic crater">volcanic craters</a> with 'VC', <a href="/wiki/Lava_field" title="Lava field">lava fields</a> with 'LF', and <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_field" title="Volcanic field">volcanic fields</a> with 'VF'. <p>Other notes: </p> <div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with the UAE</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Also regarded as being of the Western Hajar</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with the UAE</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with the UAE</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Sensu lato</i>, shared with Yemen</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Yemen</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Sensu lato</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Sensu lato</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Oman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Oman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Highest mountain in the UAE, but the peak is in Oman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Due to the peak of Jebel Jais being in Oman, this mountain has the highest confirmed peak in the UAE</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Oman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Oman</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Shared with Saudi Arabia</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Highest confirmed peak in the Arabian Peninsula</span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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mountains in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Bahrain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Bahrain (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Bhutan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Brunei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Brunei (page does not exist)">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Cambodia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Cambodia (page does not exist)">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_China" title="List of mountains in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Cyprus (page does not exist)">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_East_Timor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in East Timor (page does not exist)">East Timor (Timor-Leste)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Egypt (page does not exist)">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Georgia_(country)" title="List of mountains in Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_India" title="List of mountains in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Indonesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Indonesia (page does not exist)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Iran" title="List of mountains in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Iraq&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Iraq (page does not exist)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Israel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Israel (page does not exist)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Jordan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Jordan (page does not exist)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Kazakhstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Kazakhstan (page does not exist)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_South_Korea" title="List of mountains in South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Kuwait&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Kuwait (page does not exist)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Kyrgyzstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Kyrgyzstan (page does not exist)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Laos" title="List of mountains in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Lebanon" title="List of mountains in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Malaysia" title="List of mountains in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_the_Maldives&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in the Maldives (page does not exist)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Mongolia" title="List of mountains in Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Myanmar" title="List of mountains in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Nepal" title="List of mountains in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Oman" title="List of mountains in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Pakistan" title="List of mountains in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_Philippines" title="List of mountains in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Qatar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Qatar (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="List of mountains in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Singapore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Singapore (page does not exist)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Syria" title="List of mountains in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Tajikistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Thailand" title="List of mountains in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Turkey" title="List of mountains in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Turkmenistan" title="List of mountains in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of mountains in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Uzbekistan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mountains in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Yemen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Yemen (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">States with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_mountains_in_Abkhazia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of mountains in Abkhazia (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a 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