Garrin Mountain, or ''Kuh-e Garin'', is a vast high-elevated mountain of the
Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوههای زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgro ...
, located in
Hamedan Province and
Lorestan Province of western
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 ...
.
Garrin is limited to
Borujerd
Borujerd ( fa, بروجرد ''Borūjerd'') is a city and the capital of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province in western Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 234,997 persons. Among the existing modern cities in Iran, Borujerd is one of the ...
from the east, to
Alashtar
Aleshtar ( fa, الشتر, also Romanized as Alashtar and Alishtār; also known as Qal‘eh ‘Alishtār and Qal‘eh Moz̧affari) is a city in and capital of Selseleh County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 77,306, ...
from the west, and to
Nahavand
Nahavand ( fa, نهاوند, translit=Nahāvand / Nehāvend) is a city in Hamadan Province, Iran. It is the capital of Nahavand County. At the time of the 2006 census, its population was 72,218, in 19,419 families. It is located south of the ci ...
from the north. It has several peaks 3,000+ meters above sea level. Of these, Velash Peak is the highest at .
See also
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List of Ultras of West Asia
This is a list of all 101 of the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in West Asia. It includes peaks on the islands of Cyprus and Socotra. It also includes the 10 ultras of the Caucasus (also listed under E ...
References
External links
"Kuh-e Garin, Iran" on Peakbagger Mountains of Hamedan Province
Mountains of Lorestan Province
Landforms of Lorestan Province
Three-thousanders
Mountains of Iran
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