Mount of Olives

Mount of Olives, also Mount Olivet, is a ridge with three summits, stretching North and South, East of Jerusalem, in height 150 ft. above the city, 400 ft. above the intervening valley of Kedron, and 2682 ft. above the sea-level. It is so called as at one time studded with olive-trees. It is celebrated as the scene of some of the most sacred events in the life of Christ.

Nearby pages
Mount Pilatus, Mount Pindus, Mount Sinai, Mount St Elias, Mount Tabor, Mount Taurus, Mountains of the Moon