Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and, at 2,814 m above sea level, is the highest point in Syria. On the top, in the United Nations buffer zone between Syrian and Israeli-occupied territories, is the highest permanently manned UN position in the world, known as "Hermon Hotel". The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend to the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, where the Mount Hermon ski resort is located. A peak in this area rising to 2,236 m is the highest elevation in Israeli-controlled territory.GeographyMount Hermon is a cluster of mountains with three distinct summits, each about the same height. The antilibanos (anti-Lebanon range), of which the Hermon range constitutes the southernmost part, extends for approximately 150km in a northeast-southwest direction, running parallel to the Lebanon range on the west. The Hermon range covers an area of about 700km2 of which about 70km2 are under Israeli control. Most of the portion of Mount Hermon within the Israeli-controlled area constitutes the Hermon nature reserve. The entire relatively narrow range, with the Lebanon-Syria boundary along its spine, extends from 25km northeast of Mt. Hermon to 45km southwest of it.