Jebel Ghawil
Village and mountain in Al Buraimi Governorate, Oman
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Jebel Ghawil (Arabic: جَبَل غَوِيْل, romanized: Jabal Ġawīl) is a village[citation needed] and a mountain in Al Buraimi Governorate, in northwestern Oman. The village lies northwest of Abud.
Jebel Ghawil
جَبَل غَوِيْل (in Arabic) | |
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Village and mountain | |
  Jebel Ghawil Location in Oman | |
| Coordinates: 24°34′N 56°01′E | |
| Country |  Oman |
| Region | Al Buraimi Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (Oman Standard Time) |
Geology
Geologically Jebel Ghawil constitutes a formation with Jebel Suweini.[1] It consists of Triassic limestone, which is said to be "underlain by a thick sequence of pillow lavas, which are partly imbricated with cherts".[2] There are three sills intruded into basaltic lavas and tuffs dated to the late Triassic and its sills reportedly give K-Ar ages on separated biotites of 93-4 ±4Ma.[3]
