Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock ( fa, سنگ سوراخ فردوس – ''Sang-e-Sourakh Ferdows'') is a natural

geological Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Eart ...

formation west of

Ferdows Ferdows ( fa, فردوس, also Romanized as Ferdos, Ferdous, and Firdaus; named Toon or Tūn until 1929) is a city and capital of Ferdows County, located in the north of South Khorasan Province in Iran. It is about south of Mashhad and 200 ...

South Khorasan Province South Khorasan Province ( fa, استان خراسان جنوبی ''Ostān-e Khorāsān-e Jonūbī'') is a province located in eastern Iran. Birjand is the centre of the province. The other major cities are Ferdows, Tabas and Qaen. In 2014, it wa ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Ferdows Hole-in-the-Rock is an elliptical opening around wide

eroded Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust, and then sediment transport, tra ...

in a Limestone hill.* * * The formation is a popular attraction in the Mozaffari protected area in

Ferdows County Ferdows County ( fa, شهرستان فردوس) is located in South Khorasan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Ferdows. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Boshru ...

. This natural attraction, locates 500 meters besides the old road of Ebrahimabad to Kajeh, Chahno and

Polond desert Polond Desert ( fa, کویر پلوند, translit=Kavir e Polond, also Romanized as Plond Desert), also known as the Mozaffari Desert ( ), is a desert located 40 kilometers West of Ferdows, South Khorasan Province, Iran. Polond Desert is loc ...

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{{South Khorasan Province Tourist attractions in Ferdows County Geology of Iran