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Mount Sodom ((ヘブライ語:הר סדום), ''Har Sedom'') or Jebel Usdum ((アラビア語:جبل السدوم), ''Jabal(u) 'ssudūm'') is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel, part of the Judean Desert Nature Reserve. Mount Sodom began its rise hundreds of thousands of years ago, and it continues to grow taller at a rate of 3.5 mm a year. It is most remarkable because it is made almost entirely of halite, or rock salt. It is approximately 8 km (5 miles) long, 5 km (3 miles) wide, and above the Dead Sea water level, yet below world mean sea level. Because of weathering, portions sometimes become separated. One of these separate pillars has been labeled "Lot's wife", in reference to the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. == See also == *Judean Desert *Nature reserves of Israel *Tourism in Israel 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Sodom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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