LOWEST - Elevation on Land - Dead Sea, Israel
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N 31° 11.775 E 035° 21.789
36R E 725167 N 3453757
The Dead Sea is a large salt lake bordering Israel to the west and Jordan to the east. With an altitude of -418 m (-1,371 ft), it is earth's lowest elevation on land.
Waymark Code: WMGK1E
Location: Israel
Date Posted: 03/14/2013
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The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the world's first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets.
The western shore of the Dead Sea is dotted with organized beaches and bathing areas that provide convenient access to the water. Beside two of the therapeutic beaches, large tourism centers have been established, providing the tourism services. You will find dozens of hotels, hostels and guest houses, restaurants and shopping centers, as well as surprising tourism enterprises that offer a wide range of challenging activities (jeep and bicycle tours, camel tours and Bedouin hospitality, rappelling and more), alongside art and cultural activities (galleries and artists studios).
The sea bed has deposits of black mud that is easy to spread on the body and provides the skin with nourishing minerals. The bromide in the air is also beneficial to the body’s systems, thus making the Dead Sea a provider for good health and healing for vacationers from all over the world. In 2009, 1.2 million foreign tourists visited the Israeli side of Dead Sea.
The posted coordinates were taken at the public beach of the Ein Bokek Resort district near Neve Zohar in Israel.
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