Mount Hermon (Arabic: جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون‎‎ / ALA-LC: Jabal al-Shaykh ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or Jabal Haramun; Hebrew: הר חרמון‎‎, Har Hermon, "Mount Hermon") is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its summit straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and, at 2,814 m (9,232 ft) above sea level, is the highest point in Syria. On the top, in the United Nations buffer zone between Syrian- and Israeli-occupied territories, is the highest permanently manned UN position in the world, known as "Hermon Hotel". The southern slopes of Mount Hermon extend to the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights, where the Mount Hermon ski resort is located. A peak in this area rising to 2,236 m (7,336 ft) is the highest elevation in Israeli-controlled territory. The name comes from ancient Semitic languages spoken in the region, meaning a place of refuge not to be reached, as reported in Biblical Hebrew: "And we took the land at that time from the two Emorite kings, from the river of Arnon to Mount Hermon. The Sidonites call Hermon Sirion and the Emorite call it Sneer." (Deurotonamy, 3:8,9) ^ "ACME Mapper terrain display". mapper.acme.com. Retrieved 28 March 2016. ^ "CIA World Fact Book: Syria". 14 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011. highest point: Mount Hermon 2,814 m ^ Gröppel, Ekkehard (April–June 2013). "It is time to say Goodbye!" (PDF). Golan: The UNDOF Journal. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (135): 10–15. Retrieved 15 July 2015. ^ The World's 18 Strangest Ski Resorts: The Mount Hermon Ski Resort, Shannon Hassett, Popular Mechanics