Mount Behistun
Mount Bisotoun is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains range, located in Kermanshah Province, western Iran. It is located 525 kilometers west of Tehran.
- Mountain rising to 2,752 metres (9,029 feet)
- Description: mountain in Harsin County, Iran
- Also known as“Behistun”“Kuh-e Bisotun”
Places of Interest
Discover Bisotun inscription.
Bisotun inscription
The Behistun inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bisotun and Chambatan-e Sofla.
Mount Behistun
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Latitude
34.39201° or 34° 23′ 31″ north
Longitude
47.41243° or 47° 24′ 45″ east
Open location code
8H699CR6+RX
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Behistun” goes by many names.
جبل بيستونArabic
BagistanusCatalan
BahistumCatalan
BehistunCatalan
BihistunCatalan
BistunCatalan
BisutunCatalan
CambadeneCatalan
Kūh-e BīsotūnCebuano
بێستوونCentral Kurdish
貝希斯敦山Chinese
贝希斯敦山Chinese
Kūh-e BīsotūnDutch
Mount BehistunDutch
جبل بيستونEgyptian Arabic
ΜπεχιστάνGreek
ΜπεχιστούνGreek
הר ביסותוןHebrew
Gunung BehistunIndonesian
BehistunItalian
Monte BehistunItalian
Mont BehistunLadin
بیستونPersian
کوه بیستونPersian
بيستون غرPushto
BehistunSlovenian
gora BehistunSlovenian
Kuh-e BehistunSlovenian
Kūh-e BīsotūnSwedish
Monte BehistunVenetian
Localities in the Area
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