| Jebel Qihwi | |
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| Jabal Qa'wah | |
View of Jebel Qiwhi / Jabal Qa'wah
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,735 m (5,692 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,435 m (4,708 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 23.36 km (14.52 mi) |
| Coordinates | 25°44′35.7″N 56°12′36.4″E / 25.743250°N 56.210111°E / 25.743250; 56.210111 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جبل قاوي (Arabic) |
| Geography | |
  Jebel Qihwi Location of Jebel Qiwhi Show map of Oman Jebel Qihwi Jebel Qihwi (Persian Gulf) Show map of Persian Gulf Jebel Qihwi Jebel Qihwi (West and Central Asia) Show map of West and Central Asia | |
| Location | Musandam Governorate |
| Country |  Oman |
| Parent range | Hajar Mountains |
Jebel QihwiorJabal Qa'wah (Arabic: جبل قهوي, romanized: jbl qhwy) (1,735 m (5,692 ft)), along with the Jabal Al Harim (2,087 m (6,847 ft))[2] and Jabal Bil Ays / Jebel Jais (1,911 m (6,270 ft)), [3] are the three highest and most representative mountains of the Musandam Governorate, in Oman.
Jebel Qihwi has a prominence of 1,435 m (4,708 ft) and a topographic isolation of 23.36 km (14.52 mi),[1] and rises in the central area of the western boundary of the drainage divideofKarsha / Wadi Khabb Shamsi.
Its summit lies on the drainage divide, between the basins of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi (which pours into the Gulf of Oman) and the Wadi Bih, which has its main sources of origin on the southern and eastern slopes of the Jabal Al Harim (2,087 m (6,847 ft)), also in the Musandam Governorate, and pours into the Persian Gulf, landing in United Arab Emirates territory.
The steep slope of the mountain, divided into short and high steps,[4] contains two relevant peaks: the northern peak (Jebel Qihwi), and a lesser peak 450 m (1,480 ft) to the south, on which there is a weather station, is named Jabal Khabb in some maps, with an elevation of 1,708 m (5,604 ft).
At 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Jebel Qihwi is the village and mountain passofAqabat al Asu / Aqabat Oso,[5][6] situated also on the water divide line, at 940 m (3,080 ft).
Through this mountain pass runs a dirt road of 36 km (22 mi), called Wadi Khabb Shamsi Road, which starts at Dibba Al-Baya, and terminates at the Wadi Bih - Ras Al Khaimah Road (both ends in the Musandam Governorate), and can be used for all-terrain vehicular traffic. The route employs a good deal of the river bed of the Wadi Khabb Shamsi and some of its tributaries, and to cross the mountain range overcomes an accumulated positive slope of 1,750 m (5,740 ft) and a negative slope of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).
Alternative names: Jabal Kawa, Jabal Qa`wa, Jabal Qa`wah, Jabal Qa‘wa, Jabal Qa‘wah, Jabal Qihwi, [7]
The name of the Jebel Qihwi (with the spellings Jabal Qa'wah and Jabal Qa'awah) appears recorded in the documents and maps prepared between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer and diplomat Julian F. Walker, for the work carried out to establish the borders between the then called Trucial States, later completed by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, on 1:100,000 scale maps published in 1971,[8] and in other previous documents kept in the National Archives of the United Kingdom.
The geographical area of Jebel Qihwi was historically populated by the semi-nomadic Shihuh tribe, section of Bani Shatair (Arabic: بني شطير),[9] one of the two main sections of the tribe, which occupied, among other territories, the tribal areas of Maqadihah and Dihamara. [10]
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Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula
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Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.
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