Mount Derak

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Mount Derock
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View of Drak Mountain located in Shiraz, Iran
Highest point
Elevation 9,514 ft (2,900 m)
Prominence 4,605 ft (1,404 m)
Coordinates 29°41′02″N52°24′14″E / 29.684°N 52.404°E / 29.684; 52.404
Geography
Mount Derak
Location Shiraz, Iran
Parent range Zagros Mountains
Topo map Mount Derak
Geology
Rock age < 40,000 yrs
Mountain type Sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent 1841
Easiest route Hike via south western zone

Mount Derock or Deraak (also known as Kuh-ehBarfee [1] or Mother Mount) is a sedimentary rock mountain in Shiraz, Fars, in the Middle East region in Iran. It is located west [2] and northwest of Shiraz, Fars. It is called mother mountain because its shape resembles a pregnant woman lying on her back and the name barfimountain refers to it usually being white-capped in winter, barf meaning snow in Persian. [3]

Geologically, Shiraz is a syncline valley city (NW–SE elongated) that formed between the Baba Kohi and Derak anticlines. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Edmondson, John R.; Lack, H. Walter (2006). "Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy's itinerary in southern Iran, 1841–42" (PDF). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. 36: 579–588. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36154. S2CID   85095226.
  2. ↑ Mobaraki, Abdollah (2012). Strategies for Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects in Cities: Case of Shiraz City Center (PDF) (Thesis). Eastern Mediterranean University.
  3. ↑ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  4. ↑ Torghabeh, Amir Karimian; Pradhan, Biswajeet; Jahandari, Ashkan (2020-05-01). "Assessment of geochemical and sedimentological characteristics of atmospheric dust in Shiraz, southwest Iran". Geoscience Frontiers. 11 (3): 783–792. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2019.08.004 . hdl: 10453/139938 . ISSN   1674-9871.
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