Karkas Mountains

The Karkas mountain chain is a mountain range in central Iran. Having a northwest-southeast direction, it is stretched from to for more than 100 kilometres.
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  • Peak rising to 3,910 metres (12,828 feet)
  • Description: mountain range in Isfahan Province, Iran
  • Also known as
    “Karkas”
    “Kūh-e Kargaz”
    “Kūh-e Karkas”
    “Kūh-e Karkash”
    “Kūh-e Qargīz”
    “Kūh-i-Kargiz”
    “کرکس”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tameh and Varguran.
Mehdiarch80, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Karkas Mountains

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Latitude
33.45544° or 33° 27′ 20″ north
Longitude
51.79977° or 51° 47′ 59″ east
Open location code
8H5HFQ4X+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 314360005
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
128562
Wiki­data ID
Q490982

Satellite Map

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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”
  • Hebrew: “הרי קרקס”
  • Hebrew: “הרי קרקסססססס”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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