Gabal Hagar El Zarqa ()
is the highest point in
Bir Tawil
(, ) is a area of land along the Egypt–Sudan border, border between Egypt and Sudan, which is uninhabited and claimed by neither country. When spoken of in association with the neighbouring Halaib Triangle, it is sometimes referred to as the ...
, an unclaimed area in the
Nubia
Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...
n desert between
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...
and
Sudan
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
in
Northeast Africa
Northeast Africa, or Northeastern Africa, or Northern East Africa as it was known in the past, encompasses the countries of Africa situated in and around the Red Sea. The region is intermediate between North Africa and East Africa, and encompasses ...
. Due to a long-standing disagreement over the location of that border,
its jurisdiction is unclear; it is said by the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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to be in Egypt.
In December 2017, British mountaineer
Ginge Fullen accompanied by a local guide summited a point to the east of the waypoint listed on the right, recording a height of at N21 53'01 E33 58'13.
See also
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Al Hajar Mountains
The Hajar Mountains (, ''The Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') are one of the highest mountain ranges in the Arabian Peninsula, shared between northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates. Also known as "Oman Mountains", they sepa ...
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North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
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Wildlife of Egypt
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Wildlife of Sudan
References
Hagar ez Zarqa
{{Highest points of Africa