Jebel Musa (Morocco)

View over Tarifa (Spain ) and the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco with the dominant Jbel Musa

The 830 -meter-high Jebel Musa (Arabic جبل موسى, DMG Ǧabal Musa, Mount Moses ') is located in the province of Fahs Anjra at the northern tip of Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Together with the opposite Rock of Gibraltar of Jbel Musa is often referred to as one of the Pillars of Hercules, or pillars of Melkarth this status claimed but also the Monte Hacho.

The Jbel Musa is on the coast of the small rocky island of Isla del Perejil upstream, which is also Spanish territory.

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Jbel Moussa