Mount Damavand

Mount Damavand is a dormant stratovolcano and is the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia, the highest volcano in Asia, and the 3rd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere, at an elevation of 5,609 metres.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 5,610 metres
  • Description: potentially active stratovolcano and the highest peak in Iran
  • Also known as: Damavand”, “Demavend”, “Demāvend Kuh”, “Kūh-e Damāvand”, “Mount Damāvand”, “Mount Demavend”, and “Qolleh-ye Damāvand
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rineh.

Town
is a city in Larijan District of Amol County, province, . The city of was called Verne in ancient times. Hut is the first mountaineering resort made for Hiking Damavand Iran. is situated 10 km southeast of Mount Damavand.

Mount Damavand

Latitude
35.95437° or 35° 57′ 16″ north
Longitude
52.11034° or 52° 6′ 37″ east
Elevation
5,610 metres (18,406 feet)
Open location code
8H7JX436+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25944923
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
138041
Wiki­data ID
Q40758
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Mount Damavand” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Damavand
  • Amharic: ዳማቫንድ
  • Arabic: بركان دماوند
  • Arabic: جبل دماوند
  • Armenian: Դեմավենդ
  • Asturian: Damavand
  • Azerbaijani: Dəmavənd dağı
  • Azerbaijani: Dəmavənd
  • Basque: Damavand
  • Belarusian: Вулкан Дэмавенд
  • Belarusian: Дамаванд
  • Belarusian: Дэмавенд
  • Bengali: দামভান্দ পর্বত
  • Bengali: দামভান্দ
  • Bhojpuri: दमावंद परबत
  • Bulgarian: Дамаванд
  • Catalan: Bikni
  • Catalan: Mont Damavand
  • Catalan: Muntanya Damavand
  • Cebuano: Damavand
  • Cebuano: Damāvand
  • Central Kurdish: کێوی دەماوەند
  • Chinese: 德馬峰
  • Chinese: 德馬溫峰
  • Chinese: 达马万德山
  • Chinese: 达马万德山脉
  • Chinese: 达马万德峰
  • Chinese: 達馬文德
  • Chinese: 達馬萬德山
  • Chuvash: Дамаванд
  • Croatian: Damavand
  • Czech: Bikni
  • Czech: Damavand
  • Czech: Damávand
  • Czech: Demávend
  • Czech: Nejvyšší hora Íránu
  • Danish: Damavand
  • Dimli (individual language): Demavend
  • Dutch: Damavand
  • Dutch: Demavend
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل دمافند
  • Esperanto: Damavando
  • Estonian: Damavand
  • Estonian: Damāvand
  • Estonian: Damavend
  • Estonian: Demavend
  • Finnish: Damavand
  • French: Damavand
  • French: Damāvand
  • French: Demavend
  • French: mont Damavand
  • French: Mont Damavand
  • French: mont Damāvand
  • Galician: Monte Damavand
  • Georgian: დემავენდი
  • German: Damavand
  • German: Damāvand
  • German: Damawand
  • German: Damāwand
  • German: Demawend
  • Greek: Νταμαβάντ
  • Hebrew: הר דמאוונד
  • Hindi: कूह-ए-दमवन्द
  • Hungarian: Damávand
  • Inari Sami: Damavand
  • Indonesian: Gunung Damavand
  • Italian: Damavand
  • Japanese: ダマーヴァンド山
  • Japanese: ダマヴァンド山
  • Japanese: ダマバンド山
  • Korean: 다마반드 산
  • Korean: 다마반드산
  • Ladin: Damavand
  • Latvian: Demāvends
  • Lithuanian: Demavendas
  • Macedonian: Демавенд
  • Malagasy: Damavand (tendrombohitra)
  • Malagasy: Damavand
  • Malayalam: ദാമവന്ത് പർവ്വതം
  • Marathi: माउंट दमावंद
  • Mazanderani: دماوند
  • Mazanderani: کوه دماوند
  • Mongolian: Дамаванд уул
  • Northern Frisian: Damawand
  • Northern Sami: Damavand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Damavand
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Demavend
  • Norwegian: Damavand
  • Occitan (post 1500): Mont Damavand
  • Ossetian: Дамаванд
  • Ossetian: Демавенд
  • Persian: اثر طبیعی ملی ایران
  • Persian: دماوند
  • Persian: دَماوَند
  • Persian: دِمَوِند
  • Persian: قله دماوند
  • Persian: قلهٔ دماوند
  • Persian: كوه دماوند
  • Persian: کوه دماوند
  • Persian: گنبد گیتی
  • Polish: Demawend
  • Portuguese: Damavand
  • Portuguese: Monte Damavand
  • Portuguese: Monte demavend
  • Portuguese: Pico Demavend
  • Russian: Дамаванд
  • Russian: Дамавенд
  • Russian: Демавенд
  • Scots: Moont Damavand
  • Serbian: Дамаванд
  • Serbian: Демаванд
  • Serbian: Демеванд
  • Serbian: دماوند
  • Serbo-Croatian: Damavand
  • Slovak: Damávand
  • Slovak: Kolleh-je Damávand
  • Slovak: Kolleh-je Demavend
  • Slovak: Kolleh-je Demávend
  • Slovak: Kúh-e Damávand
  • Slovak: Kúh-e Demavend
  • Slovak: Kúh-e Demávend
  • Slovenian: Damavand
  • South Azerbaijani: دماوند
  • Spanish: Damavand
  • Spanish: Damāvand
  • Spanish: Donbavand
  • Spanish: Monte Damavand
  • Swahili: Damavand
  • Swedish: Damavand
  • Swedish: Demavend
  • Swedish: Donbavand
  • Swedish: Kuh-e Damavand
  • Swedish: Mount Damavand
  • Tajik: Дамованд
  • Thai: เขาแดมอแวนด์
  • Thai: ยอดเขาดามาวานด์
  • Turkish: Demavend Dağı
  • Turkish: Demavent Dağı
  • Ukrainian: Демавенд
  • Urdu: کوہ دماوند
  • Uzbek: Damovand
  • Venetian: Damavand
  • Vietnamese: Núi Damavand
  • Welsh: Damavand
  • Welsh: Demavand
  • Welsh: Donbavand
  • Welsh: Mynydd Damavand
  • Western Panjabi: دماوند
  • Wu Chinese: 德马峰
  • दमावंद परबत

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