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Agreed Agrib, or Gharib, Mount, a remarkable conical mountain in central Egypt, in lat. 28° 12' N., lon. 32° 42' E. It is situated about 16 miles inland from the gulf of Suez, opposite Mt. Sinai, is about 6,000 feet high, and can be seen at a distance of 100 miles.
 
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