Jebel Uweinat
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Jebel Uweinat (1934 m; جبل العوينات gabal al-ʿawaināt "mountain of sourcelets"; also spelled Auenat, Ouenat, Ouinat, Owainat, Oweinat, Uwaynat, Uweinat, Uwenat, Uweynat etc.) is a mountain range in the Gilf Kebir in the area of the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese border. The area is notable for its prehistoric petroglyphs. Its western part consists of intrusive granite, arranged in a ring shape of some 25 km diameter, ending in three valleys (wadis) towards the west, Karkur Hamid, Karkur Idriss and Karkur Ibrahim. Its eastern part consists of sandstone, ending in Karkur Talh. In Karkur Murr there is a permanent oasis (Guelta), Ain al-Brins (Bir Murr).
[edit] Exploration
- Ahmed Pasha Hassanein -- The Discoverer and producer of first map on 1923
- Prince Hussein KAMAL-ELDINE
- Ralph Alger Bagnold -- LRDG Founder and desert explorer
- Pat Clayton -- LRDG & Egyptian Government Survey
- Ladislaus Almásy
- H.W.G.J Penderel
- Leo Frobenius
- Hans Rhotert
- Prinz Ferdinand Lichtenstein
