| Sinjar | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,356 m (4,449 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Ninawa Governorate, Iraq |
Sinjar Mountain (Arabic: جبل سنجار), also Shengar/Shengal Mountains (Kurdish: چیای شهنگال/شهنگار) is a single ridge of mountains located in Nineveh Governorate in northwestern Iraq. It is situated near a city of the same name (Sinjar).
The mountains are mainly inhabited by Yazidis who venerate it and consider it to be the place where Noah's Arc settled after the biblical flood.