Mount Ophir

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Mt. Ophir
The "Mt. Ophir" on the 1228 map, the Mount Ophir depicted located in the southern region of Mount Marapi
Highest point
Coordinates0°4′45″N 99°59′0″E / 0.07917°N 99.98333°E / 0.07917; 99.98333
Geography
Mt. Ophir is located in Sumatra
Mt. Ophir
Mt. Ophir
Mount Ophir located in western Sumatra (part of modern-day Indonesia)
Mt. Ophir is located in Indonesia
Mt. Ophir
Mt. Ophir
Mt. Ophir (Indonesia)
Parent rangeBarisan Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeComplex volcano

The Mount Ophir (/ˈfər/; sometimes abbreviated as Mt. Ophir), a.k.a. Gunong Passama[1][2] is an actual mountain located nearly the equator[a] that is frequently mentioned in ancient historical records. The location of Mount Ophir has been theorized located in certain places across the world, but according to attested records collected by the experts shown that the island of Sumatra (in western Sumatra region of Pasaman to be precise)[1] is the exact location of these mountain.[3][4][5]

The "Mt. Ophir" clearly depicted on the old map of Sumatra (located in the western hemisphere near the Pasaman region), these map generated from the History of Sumatra book

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Parker, John William (1859). The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Vol. 17. London: Adam & Charles Black.
  2. Herchel, John (1862). Physical Geography from the Encyclopædia Britannica. Mount Ophir (Gunong Passama), Sumatra
  3. Waren, David M. (1864). The Common-School Geography. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: H. Cowperthwait & Company.
  4. Ewald, Alexander Charles (1870). A Reference Book of Modern Geography. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
  5. Parker, John William (1833). The Saturday Magazine. Vol. 1. London. ... 11. Mount Ophir, in the island of Sumatra, situated nearly the equator ... {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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