Ōrmōl
Ōrmōl is a locality in Kamdesh District, Nuristan and has an elevation of 1,475 metres. Ōrmōl is situated nearby to the locality Kāmdēsh Wuluswālī, as well as near Agrō.Places of Interest
Highlights include Combat Outpost Keating.
Combat Outpost Keating
Battlefield
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Combat Outpost Keating was a small American military outpost in Nurestan Province, in Afghanistan. It was originally constructed to be a Provincial Reconstruction Team, called PRT Kamdesh, but due to extremely high levels of fighting in the area it remained a fire base instead of a PRT.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamdesh.
Kamdesh
Town
Kāmdēsh, or Kamdeish, is a town in the Landai Sin Valley, and the center of the Kamdesh District in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. It is located at the general area of Yurmir which is beside the meeting place of two rivers, with one coming from Barg-i Matal, and the second flowing from Nechangal mountains.
Ōrmōl
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ormol”, “Ōṟmōl”, “Ūrmūl”, and “اورمول”
- Location: Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Northeast Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.42254° or 35° 25′ 21″ northLongitude
71.32599° or 71° 19′ 34″ eastElevation
1,475 metres (4,839 feet)Open location code
8J7HC8FG+29GeoNames ID
1423890
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Persian to Russian—“Ōrmōl” goes by many names.
- Persian: “ورمول”
- Russian: “Ormol’”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Agrō Ghar and Mīrdēsh Ghar.
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