Mount Hermonit
Syria /
al-Qunaytirah /
World
/ Syria
/ al-Qunaytirah
/ al-Qunaytirah
, 6 km from center (القنيطرة)
World / Israel
mountain, place with historical importance, fortification, interesting place
Major IDF fighting position during the Yom Kippur War. Not to be confused with the much larger peak of Mount Hermon to the northwest. Hermonit means "Little Hermon".
The valley between Mount Hermonit and Booster Ridge to the south/southeast became known as the Valley of Tears due to the bitter fighting and many tank kills here in 1973. The bulk of the Syrian invasion attempted to come through this narrow valley. More than 350 destroyed tanks and APCs were left when they withdrew.
The valley between Mount Hermonit and Booster Ridge to the south/southeast became known as the Valley of Tears due to the bitter fighting and many tank kills here in 1973. The bulk of the Syrian invasion attempted to come through this narrow valley. More than 350 destroyed tanks and APCs were left when they withdrew.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°11'3"N 35°47'35"E
- Mount Hermon/Jebel al-Shaykh 43 km
- Jabal Rihane Biosphere Reserve 46 km
- Kfardebian 92 km
- Mount Sannine 92 km
- Sannine Zenith 92 km
- Mount Snir 102 km
- Mnaitra mountain range 116 km
- Dahr el Qadib 125 km
- Fam el Mizab 126 km
- al-Qalamoun Mountains/Northern Anti-Lebanon 149 km
- Valley of Tears - 1973 Yom Kippur War 2.6 km
- Mount Varda 2.8 km
- Bental Reservoir 5.1 km
- Military Zone 10 km
- Quneitra Governorate (PCS) 11 km
- UNDOF Zone 12 km
- Golan Heights 20 km
- Golan Plateau 21 km
- Horan Plain 51 km
- Rif Dimashq Governorate (PCS) 124 km