Carmel, Mount

Carmel, Mount [Heb.,=garden land], mountain ridge, NW Israel, extending 13 mi (21 km) NW from the plain of Esdraelon to the Mediterranean Sea, where it ends in a promontory marking the southern limit of the Bay of Haifa. Its highest point is 1,792 ft (546 m), and it is one of the most striking physical features of Israel. Long an object of veneration, it was associated in biblical times with the lives of the prophets Elijah and Elisha. From the mountainside vineyards comes the renowned Mt. Carmel wine; there are also olive groves. At the foot of Mt. Carmel is the port of Haifa, with the city rising up along its slopes and at its top. On its slopes are a Baha'ist garden shrine, with the tombs of Bab-ed-din and of Abdul Baha (see Baha'i), and a 19th-century Carmelite monastery.

Carmel may refer to:

Geography

Israel

• Mount Carmel, coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
• Mount Carmel (disambiguation), places named after Mount Carmel
• French Carmel, neighborhood in Haifa
• Carmel (Biblical), an ancient Israelite town in Judea
• Carmel (moshav), an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, adjacent to the ancient site whose name it sharesAustralia
• Carmel, Western Australia, suburb of Perth, Western AustraliaSpain
• Barri del Carmel, district in the city of Barcelona, CataloniaUnited States
• Carmel, Indiana, a city in Hamilton County
• Carmel, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in De Soto Parish, Louisiana
• Carmel, Maine, a town in Penobscot County
• Carmel, New York, a town in Putnam County
• Carmel Hamlet, New York
• Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, or simply "Carmel", a town in Monterey County
• Carmel Highlands, California, a small, unincorporated town located in Monterey County
• Carmel Valley, a geographic region and American Viticultural Area
• Carmel Valley Village, California, another small, unincorporated town in Monterey County
• Carmel Valley, San Diego, California, one of the newer villages of the city of San DiegoWales
• Carmel, Anglesey
• Carmel, Carmarthenshire
• Carmel, Flintshire
• Carmel, Gwynedd
• Carmel, Powys

People

• John Carmel Heenan (1905-1975), priest in the Roman Catholic church in the United Kingdom
• Roger C. Carmel (1932-1986), American character actor
• Carmel (singer), female singer of the eponymous British band Carmel
• Carmel Myers (1899-1980), American actress

Educational institutions

• Carmel School (disambiguation page), institutions named Carmel College, Carmel High School and Carmel School

Other

• The Monastery of the Carmel Le Paquier, the only convent of Carmelites in Switzerland, canton of Fribourg
• Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission), a Spanish mission located in Monterey County, California
• Carmel and Carmeleno, other names for the Rumsen people and language, California
• Carmel automobile, fiberglass-shelled cars used in Israel during the 1960s and 70s
• Carmel daisy, flowering plant of the family Dipsacales
• Caramel, a food which has an orange-brown colour and a sweet toasted flavour
• Carmel Winery, a vineyard and winery based in Israel, well known for producing and marketing kosher wine
• i840 'Carmel', a 1999 chipset for dual Pentium 3 and Pentium 3 Xeon processors
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a title given to Mary, the mother of Jesus
• Carmel Ventures, an Israeli venture capital firm