# Phnom Krom

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{{Short description|Mountain in Cambodia}}
{{One source|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Phnom Krom
| other_name = ភ្នំក្រោម
| image = Phnom Krom3.png
| image_caption = View of Phnom Krom at dawn
| image_size = 250
| elevation_m = 140
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence = 
| map = Cambodia
| map_caption = Location of Phnom Krom in Cambodia
| map_size = 250
| label_position = left
| listing = 
| location = [Siem Reap Province](/source/Siem_Reap_Province), [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia)
| range = 
| coordinates = {{coord|13.28573|N|103.81218|E|type:mountain_region:KH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref>[Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth)</ref>
| topo = 
| type = [Sandstone](/source/Sandstone)
| age = 
| last_eruption = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Drive, then hike
}}

'''Phnom Krom''' ({{langx|km|ភ្នំក្រោម}}, lit. "downstream hill") is a 140 m high hill close to [Siem Reap](/source/Siem_Reap) city, [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia). There is a temple on the top which derived its name from the hill, [Prasat Phnom Krom](/source/Prasat_Phnom_Krom) ({{langx|km|ប្រាសាទភ្នំក្រោម}}).

==Location==
Phnom Krom is about 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town.

Phnom Krom hill is very rocky; local legend has it that the rocks were exposed by the monkey general [Hanuman](/source/Hanuman) during a hunt for medicine in the [Ramayana](/source/Ramayana) epic. The area beyond the temple’s west gate affords views of the [Tonle Sap](/source/Tonle_Sap) lake.

==Phnom Krom railway==
Phnom Krom was at the southern end of the [Phnom Krom railway](/source/Phnom_Krom_railway), a narrow-gauge French colonial railway that was most likely constructed to take stone from the now-defunct quarries on Phnom Krom to [Siem Reap](/source/Siem_Reap).

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Pier at Phnom Krom, Siem Reap - panoramio.jpg| Tonle Sap lake and Phnom Krom hill
File:Blick vom Phnom Krom 03.jpg| Tonle Sap lake and Chong Kneas village viewed from Phnom Krom hill
File:Phnom Krom 002.jpg| Sugar palm trees on the hill
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [Phnom Bakheng](/source/Phnom_Bakheng)
* [Phnom Bok](/source/Phnom_Bok)

==References==
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==External links==
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*Nick Ray, ''Cambodia''

{{Angkorian sites}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krom, Phnom}}
Category:Mountains of Cambodia
Category:Geography of Siem Reap province
Category:Angkorian sites in Siem Reap province

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