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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 |
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]
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 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 |
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]
Geologically, Shiraz is a syncline valley city (NW–SE elongated) that formed between the Baba Kohi and Derak anticlines. [4]