Alborz Mountains

The Alborz is a mountain range in northern that stretches from the border of along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge in the northern parts of Khorasan.
Wikipedia
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range in Iran
  • Also known as: “Alborz” and “Alborz mountain range”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Damavand.

Volcano
Photo: Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a dormant stratovolcano in . It 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rineh and Nandal.

Town
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
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.

Village
Photo: Ninaras, CC BY 4.0.
is a village in Larijan-e Sofla Rural District of Larijan District in Amol County, province, .

Alborz Mountains

Latitude
35.956° or 35° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
52.1086° or 52° 6′ 31″ east
Open location code
8H7JX445+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4873739022
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q484725
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Alborz Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Elboers”
  • Arabic: “البرز (جبال)”
  • Arabic: “جبال ألبرز”
  • Arabic: “جبال البرز”
  • Armenian: “Էլբուրս”
  • Asturian: “Montes Elburz”
  • Azerbaijani: “Elburs”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əlburz dağları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əlburz sıradağları”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əlburz”
  • Bashkir: “Эльбурс”
  • Basque: “Elburz mendiak”
  • Basque: “Elburz”
  • Belarusian: “Эльбурс”
  • Bengali: “আলবুর্‌জ”
  • Bhojpuri: “अलबोर्ज़ परबत”
  • Bulgarian: “Алборз”
  • Catalan: “Alborz”
  • Catalan: “Alburz”
  • Catalan: “Elburs”
  • Catalan: “Elburz”
  • Catalan: “Monts Semiramidis”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Alborz”
  • Catalan: “Semiramidis Mons”
  • Cebuano: “Alborz”
  • Cebuano: “Elburz”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئه لبورز”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلبورز”
  • Chinese: “厄尔布尔士山脉”
  • Chinese: “厄爾布爾士山脈”
  • Chinese: “阿勒布爾茲山脈”
  • Chinese: “阿尔波兹山脉”
  • Chinese: “阿爾波茲山脈”
  • Croatian: “Alborz”
  • Czech: “Alborz”
  • Czech: “Alburz”
  • Czech: “Elborz”
  • Czech: “Elburz”
  • Danish: “Alborz bjergene”
  • Danish: “Alborz”
  • Danish: “Alburz”
  • Danish: “Elburz”
  • Danish: “Elburzbjergene”
  • Dutch: “Alborzgebergte”
  • Dutch: “Albourz”
  • Dutch: “Alburz”
  • Dutch: “Elboers”
  • Dutch: “Elboersgebergte”
  • Dutch: “Elburzgebergte”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال البرز”
  • Esperanto: “Alborzo”
  • Esperanto: “Elborz-Montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Elburz-Montaro”
  • Esperanto: “Montaro Elborz”
  • Estonian: “Alborz”
  • Estonian: “Elburs”
  • Finnish: “Alborz”
  • Finnish: “Alburz”
  • Finnish: “Elburs”
  • Finnish: “Elbursvuoret”
  • Finnish: “Elburz”
  • French: “Alborz”
  • French: “Elbourz”
  • Galician: “Alborz”
  • Georgian: “ელბურსი”
  • German: “Elburs-Gebirge”
  • German: “Elburs”
  • German: “Elbursgebirge”
  • Greek: “Αλμπόρζ”
  • Hebrew: “אלבורז”
  • Hebrew: “הרי אלבורז”
  • Hungarian: “Alborz”
  • Indonesian: “Alborz”
  • Indonesian: “Elburz”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Alborz”
  • Italian: “Alborz”
  • Italian: “Alburz”
  • Italian: “Elburz”
  • Italian: “Monti Elburz”
  • Japanese: “アルボルズ山脈”
  • Japanese: “エルブールズ山脈”
  • Japanese: “エルブルズ山脈”
  • Kazakh: “Élʹbwrs”
  • Kazakh: “Әлборз”
  • Kazakh: “Әлбурз”
  • Kazakh: “Әлбурс”
  • Kazakh: “Эльбурс”
  • Kazakh: “ەلبۋرس”
  • Kirghiz: “Эльбурс тоосу”
  • Korean: “엘부르즈 산맥”
  • Korean: “엘부르즈산맥”
  • Ladin: “Alborz”
  • Latin: “Ariobarzanes mons”
  • Latvian: “Elburss”
  • Lithuanian: “Alborzas”
  • Lithuanian: “Elbursas”
  • Lithuanian: “Elburso kalnai”
  • Macedonian: “Алборз”
  • Malagasy: “Alborz”
  • Malayalam: “അൽബോർസ് മലനിരകൾ”
  • Mazanderani: “Elburz kuh”
  • Mazanderani: “Muz tabər”
  • Mazanderani: “البرز”
  • Mazanderani: “البورز”
  • Mazanderani: “موزتبر”
  • Mongolian: “Альборзын нуруу”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alborz Berger”
  • Northern Frisian: “Elburs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alborz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alborzfjellene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elburs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elburz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elburzfjellene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elburz”
  • Norwegian: “Elburzfjellene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Monts Alborz”
  • Ossetian: “Эльбурс”
  • Persian: “البرز”
  • Persian: “رشته جبال البرز”
  • Persian: “رشتهٔ جبال البرز”
  • Persian: “رشته کوه البرز”
  • Persian: “رشته کوهٔ البرز”
  • Persian: “رشتهٔ کوهٔ البرز”
  • Persian: “رشته کوه های البرز”
  • Persian: “رشته کوههای البرز”
  • Persian: “سلسلهٔ جبال البرز”
  • Persian: “کوه های البرز”
  • Persian: “کوههای البرز”
  • Persian: “ماسیف البرز”
  • Polish: “Alborz”
  • Polish: “Alburz”
  • Polish: “Elburs”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Alborze”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Elbruz”
  • Portuguese: “Elbruz”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Alborz”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas Elbrurz”
  • Romanian: “Elburz”
  • Russian: “Эльборз”
  • Russian: “Эльбурз”
  • Russian: “Эльбурс”
  • Serbian: “Alborz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alborz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elburz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gorje Elburz”
  • Slovenian: “Alborz”
  • Slovenian: “Elburs”
  • South Azerbaijani: “البورز داغلاری”
  • Spanish: “Alborz”
  • Spanish: “Alburz”
  • Spanish: “Elburz”
  • Spanish: “Montes Alborz”
  • Spanish: “Montes Alburz”
  • Spanish: “Montes Elburz”
  • Swahili: “Milima ya Alborz”
  • Swedish: “Alborz”
  • Swedish: “Alborzbergen”
  • Swedish: “Alburz”
  • Swedish: “Alburzbergen”
  • Swedish: “Elbruzbergen”
  • Swedish: “Elburs”
  • Swedish: “Elbursbergen”
  • Swedish: “Elburz-kedjan”
  • Swedish: “Elburz”
  • Swedish: “Elburzbergen”
  • Tajik: “Kūhhoi Alburz”
  • Tajik: “Албурз”
  • Tajik: “Элбурс”
  • Tamil: “அல்போர்சு மலைத்தொடர்”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาอัลบอร์ซ”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาแอลโบร์ซ”
  • Turkish: “Elburz Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Ельбурс”
  • Urdu: “البرز”
  • Uzbek: “Alburz”
  • Venetian: “Elburz”
  • Vietnamese: “Alborz”
  • Võro: “Elburs”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alborz (kabubkiran)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alborz”
  • Welsh: “Alborz”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Alborz”
  • Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Elburz”
  • Western Frisian: “Elbûrs-berchtme”
  • Western Frisian: “Elbûrs”
  • Western Panjabi: “البرز”
  • Wu Chinese: “厄尔布尔士山脉”
  • Yue Chinese: “厄爾布爾士山脈”
  • “Alborz”
  • “Albourz”
  • “Alburz”
  • “Elburs”
  • “Elburz”
  • “Reshteh-ye Kūhhā-ye Alborz”
  • “अलबोर्ज़ परबत”

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