Taftan

Taftan is an active stratovolcano in south-eastern in the Sistan and Baluchestan province. With variable heights reported, all around 4,000 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in south-eastern Iran.
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Latitude
28.60056° or 28° 36′ 2″ north
Longitude
61.13372° or 61° 8′ 1″ east
Open location code
7JW3J42M+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4393146844
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
1159417
Wiki­data ID
Q524954

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Taftan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل تفتان”
  • Asturian: “Monte Taftan”
  • Basque: “Taftan”
  • Belarusian: “Тафтан”
  • Catalan: “kūh-e Taftān”
  • Cebuano: “Kūh-e Taftān”
  • Chinese: “塔夫坦火山”
  • Croatian: “Taftan”
  • Czech: “Taftan”
  • Dutch: “Kūh-e Taftān”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تفتان”
  • Esperanto: “Taftan”
  • French: “Taftan”
  • German: “Taftan”
  • Hebrew: “טאפטן”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Taftan”
  • Japanese: “タフターン山”
  • Ladin: “Mont Taftan”
  • Macedonian: “Тефтан”
  • Malayalam: “തഫ്താൻ”
  • Mazanderani: “تفتان”
  • Persian: “اثر طبیعی ملی ایران”
  • Persian: “کوه تفتان”
  • Polish: “Taftan”
  • Russian: “Тафтан”
  • Russian: “Тефтан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taftan”
  • Slovak: “Kúh-e Taftán”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تفتان”
  • Spanish: “Kuh-i-Taftán”
  • Swedish: “Kūh-e Taftān”
  • Ukrainian: “Тафтан”
  • Ukrainian: “Тефтан”
  • Urdu: “کوہ تفقان”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوہ تفقان”

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