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Tabestan 1389 / Summer 2010
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Namak Koohsar
Height: 11,876 feet (3,620 meters)
Location: Mazandaran, Iran, Asia
Lat/Lon: 35.95°N, 51.98°E
Sitting across the Deli Chai River Valley from the 5671 m Mt. Damavand, Namak Koohsar is ideally located to provide one of the best views of Mt. Damavand. The base of the monstrously large cone of Mt. Damavand covers an area 25-30 Km in diameter. This makes Damavand appear as a single peak that rises above a plain while in fact it sits in the middle of the Alborz Mountains and is surrounded by other peaks (that are much lower than it: upper 3000 to lower 4000 m). With a distance of only 10.5 Km, Namak Koohsar is probably the closest peak to Damavand.
Namak Koohsar consists of a 5 Km long ridgeline that runs northwest to southeast and is entirely above 3400 m. On the crest of this ridgeline, you will find many rocky high points that tower above the lower slopes. The official summit is one of these high points somewhere near the middle. To the south of Namak Koohsar there is a 3075 m peak known as Asal Asal. The north slopes of Asal Asal create a sheer wall that is a few hundred meters tall and is well visible from the slopes of Namak Koohsar (I have never heard or read anything about this wall). To the south of Asal Asal, you will find the Lar River Valley. A dam constructed on the Lar River creates a very long lake that meanders among the mountains at the bottom of the valley. Its turquoise waters enhance the beauty of the area. Lar Lake is the largest of the three mountain reservoirs that provide drinking water for the 10 million plus mega-city of Tehran.
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