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Mount Derock or Deraak (also known as Kuh-eh Barfee[1] or Mother Mount) is a sedimentary rock mountain in Shiraz, Fars, in the Middle East region in Iran. It is located west[2] and northwest of Shiraz, Fars. It is called mother mountain because its shape resembles a pregnant woman lying on her back and the name barfi mountain refers to it usually being white-capped in winter, barf meaning snow in Persian.[3]
Mount Derock | |
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![]() View of Drak Mountain located in Shiraz, Iran | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 9,514 ft (2,900 m) |
Prominence | 4,605 ft (1,404 m) |
Coordinates | 29°41′02″N 52°24′14″E / 29.684°N 52.404°E |
Geography | |
Location | Shiraz, Iran |
Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
Topo map | Mount Derak |
Geology | |
Age of rock | < 40,000 yrs |
Mountain type | Sedimentary rock |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1841 |
Easiest route | Hike via south western zone |
Geologically, Shiraz is a syncline valley city (NW–SE elongated) that formed between the Baba Kohi and Derak anticlines.[4]
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Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter
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Snow Mount Derak
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Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter
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Sunset in Shiraz viewing north-west – Kowsar hospital is visible in the bottom right
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Golden hour in Shiraz viewing Mt. Derak
References
edit- ^ Edmondson, John R.; Lack, H. Walter (2006). "Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy's itinerary in southern Iran, 1841–42" (PDF). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin. 36: 579–588. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36154. S2CID 85095226.
- ^ Mobaraki, Abdollah (2012). Strategies for Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects in Cities: Case of Shiraz City Center (PDF) (Thesis). Eastern Mediterranean University.
- ^ Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. "Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ Torghabeh, Amir Karimian; Pradhan, Biswajeet; Jahandari, Ashkan (2020-05-01). "Assessment of geochemical and sedimentological characteristics of atmospheric dust in Shiraz, southwest Iran". Geoscience Frontiers. 11 (3): 783–792. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2019.08.004. hdl:10453/139938. ISSN 1674-9871.