Mount Sodom
Mount Sodom (Template:Langx, Har Sedom) is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve.[1] It takes its name from the biblical city of Sodom, whose destruction is the subject of a narrative in the Bible.
History
Mount Sodom began its rise hundreds of thousands of years ago and continues to grow taller at a rate of Script error: No such module "convert". a year.[2]
Movements of the Great Rift Valley system, along with the pressure generated by the slow accumulation of earth and rock, pressed down on the layers of salt, creating Mount Sodom. It is about 80% salt, Script error: No such module "convert". high, capped by a layer of limestone, clay and conglomerate that was dragged along as it was squeezed up from the valley floor.[3]
It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". long, Script error: No such module "convert". wide, and Script error: No such module "convert". above the Dead Sea water level, yet Script error: No such module "convert". below world mean sea level. Because of weathering, some portions have separated. One of these pillars is known as "Lot's wife",[4] in reference to the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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