| Hezar Masjed Mountains | |
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 Hezar Masjed Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 36°58′12″N 59°21′36″E / 36.97000°N 59.36000°E / 36.97000; 59.36000 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | رشتهکوه هزارمسجد (Persian) |
| Geography | |
  Hezar Masjed Mountains
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Hezar Masjed Mountains are a group of mountains that form the southeastern section of the Kopet-Dag Range. Located about 20 kilometres east of Dargaz and 70 kilometres north of Mashhad in Razavi Khorasan province in Iran and stretched in a northwest–southeast direction (from northwest to northeast of Mashhad), the mountains are situated almost at the extreme northeastern part of Iran.
Etymology
In Persian, "Hezar Masjed" could be considered as two words: "hezar" which means "thousand" and "masjed" that means "mosque".
Geology
Geologically the mountains were formed mainly in the Miocene and Pliocene and are chiefly made of Jurassic limestone rocks. The north and northwestern sections of the mountains are mainly made of Lower Cretaceous limestones.
References
- Microsoft Encarta World Atlas 2001, Microsoft Corporation
- Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir