Gilf Kebir (جلف كبير) (var. Gilf al-Kebir, Jilf al Kabir, Gilf Kebir Plateau) is a plateau in the New Valley Governorate of the remote southwest corner of Egypt, and southeast Libya. Its name translates as "the Great Barrier". This 7,770 km2 (3,000 sq mi) sandstone plateau, roughly the size of Puerto Rico, rises 300 m (980 ft) from the Libyan Desert floor. It is the true heart of the Gilf Kebir National Park.
The name Gilf Kebir was given to the plateau by Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein in 1925, as it had no local name.[1] It is known for its rugged beauty, remoteness, geological interest, and the dramatic cliff paintings-pictographs and rock carvings-petroglyphs which depict an earlier era of abundant animal life and human habitation.
^F. J. R. R., "A Reconnaissance of the Gilf Kebir by the Late Sir Robert Clayton East Clayton" and P. A. Clayton, "The Western Side of the Gilf Kebir" Geographical Journal 81, 249-254 and 254-259, (1933)
GilfKebir (جلف كبير) (var. Gilf al-Kebir, Jilf al Kabir, GilfKebir Plateau) is a plateau in the New Valley Governorate of the remote southwest corner...
Look up GILF in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gilf may refer to: GilfKebir, a plateau in the New Valley Governorate of the remote southwest corner...
GilfKebir National Park (GKNP) (Arabic: محمية الجلف الكبير) is a national park located in the remote and hyper-arid New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Established...
The Cave of Swimmers is a cave with ancient rock art in the mountainous GilfKebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara. It is located in the...
endorheic region, with no rivers draining into or out of the desert. The GilfKebir plateau reaches an altitude of just over 1,000 m (3,300 feet), and along...
from the Arabic word for "large", and also from its location near the GilfKebir ("Great Barrier") region in southwest Egypt. Based solely on their interpretations...
Beasts in southwest Egypt, near the border with Libya, in the mountainous GilfKebir region of the Sahara Desert. The Cave of Swimmers was discovered in October...
Sefar, Tin Tazarift, Jabbaren) Uweinat and the GilfKebir, Rock Art of Jebel Uweinat and the GilfKebir plateau ("Cave of Swimmers") Upper Brandberg, The...
Tassili n'Ajjer Tibesti Ennedi Messak Tadrart Sabu-Jaddi Adrar Plateau GilfKebir Saharan rock art is a significant area of archaeological study focusing...
Reconnaissance of the GilfKebir by the Late Sir Robert Clayton East Clayton" and P. A. Clayton, "The Western Side of the GilfKebir" Geographical Journal...
Diversity Web. Photo sequence of Cerastes cerastes feeding in the wild (GilfKebir, Egypt, 27 October 2004) at FJ Expeditions accessed 19 October 2013 Boulenger...
shelter is located in the Wadi Sura at the south-western foot of the GilfKebir Mountains in the remote south-western corner of Egypt’s New Valley Governorate...
cave-paintings in Japan show a sport similar to sumo wrestling. In Wadi Sura, near GilfKebir in Libya, a Neolithic rock painting in the cave of swimmers shows evidence...
One well-known such petroglyph location is the Cave of Swimmers in the GilfKebir mountains of Egypt; other well known sites are the Gabal El Uweinat mountains...
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1007/978-1-4020-9726-3_4. ISBN 978-1-4020-9725-6. Walker, Stephen (8 October 2013). "GilfKebir". Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey. Retrieved 20 December 2013. Hughesm...
Editions. He made the first topographic maps of the national park of the GilfKebir and of the White desert. Since 2000, he collaborated with the American...
4000–7000 BCE fossil from Abu Ballas Stufenmland and a 5000 BCE fossil from GilfKebir. Apart from these, fossils have also been excavated from Mittleres Wadi...
shelter of the GilfKebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the south-eastern slopes of GilfKebir, 40 m to the south...
Jean-Paul (2006). "An extended field of crater-shaped structures in the GilfKebir region, Egypt: Observations and hypotheses about their origin". Journal...
verification] Neolithic Rock art found at the cave of swimmers in Wadi Sura, near GilfKebir in Egypt shows evidence of swimming and archery being practiced around...
Clayton expedition reconnaissance flights discovered two valleys in the GilfKebir. In the following year, Almásy found the third of the "Zerzura" wadis...
art shelter of the GilfKebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Located on the south-western slopes of GilfKebir, it was discovered...
P.A. Clayton by Peter Clayton P. A. Clayton, "The Western Side of the GilfKebir" Geographical Journal 81, 254–259, (1933) Libyan Sands, Travel in a Dead...
Thamaniyat Ajras (Arabic: ثمانية أجراس) is a topographic outlier of the GilfKebir plateau in the extreme southwestern corner of Egypt. The site, a NW–SE...
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