Hazaran (Hazar, Hezar) is the name of a massif of the
Central Iranian Plateau,
Kerman Province, Iran, an eastern outlier of the
Zagros Mountains. With an elevation of 4500 metres, it is the highest peak in Kerman Province. The
jebal Barez chain is a continuation to the south-east.
The
Halil River
Halīl River or HalīlRood (also ''Haliri River'', known as the ''Kharaw'' or ''ZarDasht River'' in its upper reaches) is a river stretching for some running in the Baft, Jiroft and Kahnuj districts of Kerman Province, Iran.
The Halil rises ...
rises in the Bid Khan region. The massif is situated in the area encircled by the cities of
Kerman
Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...
,
Bardsir,
Sirjan,
Baft,
Jiroft and
Bam.
Made chiefly of
Eocene andesite and
pyroclastic rocks, Mount Hazar or Hazaran is situated in a central Iranian range,
Sahand-
Bazman volcanic range or belt, a mountain range which was formed mainly during Eocene
volcanism and that stretches approximately from Sahand Volcano in the north-west of Iran to Bazman Volcano in the south-east of Iran.
Major peaks:
* Kuh-e Hazaran (Kūh-e Hazār) 4500 m
* Kuh Shah 4380 m
* Kuh-e Palvar 4229 m
* Kuh-e Jupar 4150 m
* Kuh-e Khabr 3856 m
* Kuh-e Bidkhan 3424 m
See also
*
List of Ultras of West Asia
References
External links
*
Landforms of Kerman Province
Mountains of Kerman Province
Mountains of Iran
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