Hezar Masjed Mountains


Hezar Masjed Mountains are a group of mountains that form the southeastern section of the Kopet-Dag Range. Located about 20 kilometres east of Dargaz and 70 kilometres north of Mashhad in Razavi Khorasan province in Iran and stretched in a northwest–southeast direction, the mountains are situated almost at the extreme northeastern part of Iran.

Etymology

In Persian, "Hezar Masjed" could be considered as two words: "hezar" which means "thousand" and "masjed" that means "mosque".

Geology

Geologically the mountains were formed mainly in the Miocene and Pliocene and are chiefly made of Jurassic limestone rocks. The north and northwestern sections of the mountains are mainly made of Lower Cretaceous limestones.