Alborz
![Damavand, the highest summit of Alborz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Damavand_in_winter.jpg)
The
Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as
Alburz,
Elburz or
Elborz, is a
mountain range in northern
Iran that stretches from the border of
Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern
coast of the
Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller
Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge
Kopet Dag in the northern parts of
Khorasan. All these mountains are part of the much larger
Alpide belt. The Alborz range is divided into the Western, Central, and Eastern Alborz Mountains. The Western Alborz Range (usually called the
Talysh) runs south-southeastward almost along the western coast of the Caspian Sea. The Central Alborz (the Alborz Mountains in the strictest sense) runs from west to east along the entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea, while the Eastern Alborz Range runs in a northeasterly direction, toward the northern parts of the Khorasan region, southeast of the Caspian Sea.
Mount Damavand, the highest mountain in Iran measuring 5,610.0 m (18,405.5 ft), is located in the Central Alborz Mountains.
Mount Damavand is the
12th most prominent peak in the world and the second most prominent in Asia after
Mount Everest.
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