- Mount Carmel (Hebrew: הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, romanized: Har haKarmel; Arabic: جبل الكرمل, romanized: Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (Arabic: جبل مار إلياس, romanized: Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit. ‘Mount Saint Elias/Elijah’; Hebrew: הַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ אֵלִיָּהוּ, romanized: Har haQadosh Eliyahu), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably Haifa, Israel’s third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes.
- While most of the sedimentary rock [of Mount Carmel] originates in the late Cretaceous, some of the north east sediments are from the early Cretaceous, and the edges also feature sediments from the Pleistocene.
- The [Mount Carmel] mountain formation is an admixture of limestone and flint, containing many caves, and covered in several volcanic rocks.
- Iamblichus describes Pythagoras visiting the mountain [Mount Carmel] on account of its reputation for sacredness, stating that it was the most holy of all mountains, and access was forbidden to many
- The [Mount] Carmel range is approximately 6.5 to 8 kilometres (4.0 to 5.0 miles) wide, sloping gradually towards the southwest, but forming a steep ridge on the northeastern face, 546 metres (1,791 feet) high.