Safwan Hill (or Jabal Sanam) is located in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. Safwan Hill is the highest terrain feature in the region,[1] at approximately 440 feet (130 m).[2]

Safwan Hill
Jabal Sanam
Highest point
Elevation440 ft (130 m)
Geography
LocationBasra Governorate, southern Iraq

Iraq War 2003

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On 19 March 2003 the United States Marine Corps 3rd Marine Air Wing attacked the Iraqi Army observation post on Safwan Hill.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sharad S. Chauhan (1 January 2003). War on Iraq. APH Publishing. pp. 371–. ISBN 978-81-7648-478-7.
  2. ^ Rodney P. Carlisle; John Stewart Bowman (1 January 2007). Iraq War. Infobase Publishing. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0008-1.
  3. ^ Nicholas E. Reynolds (2005). Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond: The U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War. Naval Institute Press. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-1-59114-717-6.
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  • Al-Naqib, K. M. "Geology of Jabal Sanam, south of Iraq." Journal of the Geological Society of Iraq 3 (1970): 9-36.