What is the highest mountain peak in Egypt, rising to an elevation of 2,629 meters in the southern Sinai Peninsula?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrina)
- Step 1: Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrina) in South Sinai Governorate reaches an elevation of 2,629 meters (8,625 feet) above sea level.
- Step 2: It is Egypt's highest summit, named after the Christian martyr Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and receives occasional winter snowfall.
Answer
Mount Catherine (Jabal Katrina).
Why not the others: 'Mount Sinai (Jabal Musa)' rises to 2,285 meters; 'Mount Serbal' is 2,070 meters; 'Jabal Shayib al-Banat' is the highest peak in the Eastern Desert (2,187 meters).
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