| Shammar Mountains | |
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 The area of 'Uqdah on the outskirts ofHa'il | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1350 m |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جِبَال شَمَّر (Arabic) |
| Geography | |
  Shammar Mountains  Shammar Mountains  Shammar Mountains | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Region | Ha'il |
| Range coordinates | 27°30′N41°36′E / 27.5°N 41.6°E /27.5; 41.6 |
TheShammar Mountains (Arabic:جِبَال شَمَّر,romanized: Jibāl Shammar) is a mountain range in the northwesternSaudi Arabianprovince of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā (أَجَا) andSalma subranges.[1][2]
The Aja Mountains are to an extent made up ofgranite, whereas the Salma are made up ofbasalt.[1] The phrase "Hadn formation" was used by Chevremont (1982) to refer tovolcanic rocks of the area of Ha'il, and was treated by Hadley and Schmidt (1980) as being part of asilicic andvolcaniclastic sequence referred to as the "Shammar group", in a broader, regional context.[3]
Theprotected area of Jabal Aja is ofecological significance.[4] TwoAsiatic cheetahs, the last known in the country, were killed near Ha'il in 1973, and their skins kept near the Imara Palace for a few days.[5]
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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', andoutliers with 'OL', andanticlines with 'AC'.Volcanoes are indicated with 'V',volcanic craters with 'VC',lava fields with 'LF', andvolcanic fields with 'VF'. Other notes:
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