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Mashkan Destination Guide
Explore Mashkan in Iran
Mashkan in the region of Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Gharbī is a town in Iran - some 362 mi or ( 583 km ) West of Tehran , the country's capital city .
Current time in Mashkan is now 12:56 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tehran " with a UTC offset of 3.5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mami Khalan, Kilat Shin, Arbil Governorate, Hajj 'Umran, and Baghdad. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mami Khalan . Where to go and what to see in Mashkan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Cheekha Dar
Cheekha Dar, or The Outer Row, is the local Kurdish name for the mountain currently thought to be the highest in Iraq. It is claimed to be 3,611 metres high by the CIA. It is 6 kilometres north of the village of Gundah Zhur and is on the border with Iran. It was climbed in November 2004 by English explorer Ginge Fullen, who recorded a GPS reading of 3,628 meters at the coordinates in the table to the right.
Located at 36.73 44.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Kelashin
Kelashin is a mountain village in northern Iraq, near the Kelashin Pass (2,981m) to Iran, some 80 km south-west of Lake Urmia. The Kelashin Stele found there bears an important Urartian-Assyrian bilingual text dating to ca. 800 BC.
Located at 36.90 44.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.