Peak · Egypt

Ra’s al Wa‘irah

Elevation

2,060 m

#8,732

in the world

#24

in Egypt

Ra’s al Wa‘irah is a peak in Egypt, rising to 2,060 m, the 24th highest in Egypt.

Elevation

2,060 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

World rank

#8,732

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Ra’s al Wa‘irah lies in Egypt, in South Sinai.

Key facts

Elevation

2,060 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Peak

Region

South Sinai

Coordinates

28.336, 34.052

How it ranks

Among peaks in Egypt

#24of 26

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#8,732of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Jabal Shaykh al ‘Arab	2,193 m	7.9 km
Jabal Mas‘ūd	2,248 m	8.0 km
Jabal ath Thabţ	2,436 m	8.9 km
Gebel Yithmid el-Baheri	2,221 m	9.7 km
Jabal Rimḩān	2,413 m	10 km
Gebel Yithmid el- Qibli	2,207 m	10 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Ra’s al Wa‘irah.

City	Country	Population	Distance
El-Tor	Egypt	38,285	44 km
Sharm el-Sheikh	Egypt	38,478	54 km
Ras Gharib	Egypt	44,852	96 km
Hurghada	Egypt	207,132	122 km
Ḩaql	Saudi Arabia	25,649	137 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.