Karkas Mountains
The Karkas mountain chain is a mountain range in central Iran. Having a northwest-southeast direction, it is stretched from Kashan to Ardestan for more than 100 kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,910 metres
- Description: mountain range in Isfahan Province, Iran
- Also known as: “Karkas”, “Kūh-e Kargaz”, “Kūh-e Karkas”, “Kūh-e Karkash”, “Kūh-e Qargīz”, and “Kūh-i-Kargiz”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tameh and Varguran.
Tameh
Village
Photo: Mehdiarch80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tameh is a village in, and the capital of, Karkas Rural District of the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan province, Iran. Tameh is situated 7 km east of Karkas Mountains.
Varguran
Village
Varguran is a village in Tarq Rud Rural District, in the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 201, in 58 families. Varguran is situated 8 km south of Karkas Mountains.
Kesheh
Village
Kesheh is a neighborhood in the city of Tarqrud in the Central District of Natanz County, Isfahan province, Iran. Kesheh is situated 8 km south of Karkas Mountains.
Karkas Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Isfahan, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.45544° or 33° 27′ 20″ northLongitude
51.79977° or 51° 47′ 59″ eastElevation
3,910 metres (12,828 feet)Open location code
8H5HFQ4X+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 314360005OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Karkas Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سلسلة جبال كركاس”
- Belarusian: “Каркаскія горы”
- Cebuano: “Kūh-e Karkas”
- Croatian: “Kuh-e Karkas”
- Dutch: “Kūh-e Karkas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوه كركاس”
- Esperanto: “monto Karkas”
- French: “Monts Karkas”
- German: “Kuh-e Karkas”
- Japanese: “キャルキャス山”
- Japanese: “ケルケス山”
- Ladin: “Kuh-e Karkas”
- Persian: “جبال کرکس”
- Persian: “کوه کرکس”
- Persian: “کوهستان کرکس”
- Russian: “Кергес”
- Russian: “Кух-е каркас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kuh-e Karkas”
- Slovenian: “pogorje Karkas”
- Swedish: “Kūh-e Karkas”
- Venetian: “Kūh-e Karkas”
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