Hezar Masjed Mountains

Hezar Masjed Mountains
Hezar Masjed Mountains
Highest point
Coordinates36°58′N 59°22′E / 36.97°N 59.36°E / 36.97; 59.36
Naming
Native nameرشته‌کوه هزارمسجد (Persian)
Geography
Hezar Masjed Mountains

Hezar Masjed Mountains (Persian: رشته‌کوه هزارمسجد, lit.'Thousand Mosques Mountain Range') 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 (from northwest to northeast of Mashhad), the mountains are situated almost at the extreme northeastern part of Iran.