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Jabal Ahmad al Baqir

Coordinates: 29°35′57″N 35°08′36″E / 29.59911°N 35.14342°E / 29.59911; 35.14342
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Jabal Ahmad al Baqir
Jabal Bāqir
Jebel Baggir
Jebel Bâkir
Jabal Ahmad al Baqir is located in Jordan
Jabal Ahmad al Baqir
Jabal Ahmad al Baqir
Location of Jabal Ahmad al Baqir
Highest point
Elevation1,076 m (3,530 ft)
Coordinates29°35′57″N 35°08′36″E / 29.59911°N 35.14342°E / 29.59911; 35.14342
Geography
LocationJordan

Jebel Baggir is a mountain north-east of the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan. In his 1878 book Sinai in Arabia and of Median, Charles Beke proposes that it may be the Biblical Mount Sinai. Beke also states that nearby Jebel Ertowa is Mount Horeb. Both are near Wady Yutm.