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Sahand

3,710 m12,172 ft
Prominence
1,829 m6,001 ft
Isolation
119 km
Tonight
-3°CClear · Wind 5 km/h W

Sahand is a 3,710 m (12,172 ft) mountain in the Central Iranian Range, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

All facts
Elevation
3,710 m · 12,172 ft
Nearest higher peak
Sabalan (4,811 m)
Range
Central Iranian Range
Region
East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Coordinates
37.7299° N, 46.4999° E
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3D map

Sahand 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.4 × 11.4 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Sahand topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Sahand elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.
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Sahand downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Weather

Sahand weather

Tonight · Clear · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 5 km/h W

Sahand forecast for the summit, about 3,710 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 2,481 m.

  • Tonight-3°–5 km/h WBase 4°
  • Today-4°3°0.3 mm12 km/h SWBase 4 / 10°
  • Sun-5°2°0.7 mm15 km/h SWBase 2 / 9°
  • Mon-5°3°–15 km/h NWBase 2 / 11°
  • Tue-3°4°–3 km/h NWBase 5 / 11°
  • Wed-2°4°0.1 mm6 km/h WBase 5 / 11°
  • Thu-3°0°4.4 mm11 km/h SWBase 4 / 7°
  • Fri-3°2°0.4 mm15 km/h SWBase 4 / 9°
  • Sat-5°0°–15 km/h SWBase 2 / 8°
  • Sun-4°2°0.4 mm12 km/h SWBase 3 / 9°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Slope

Share of the 11.4 × 11.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
36.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
55.9%
Steep, 30–45°
7.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
7.6% of the 130 km² view
Relief in view
1,223 m low point 2,481 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 85.1%Bare rock / sparse 14.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.7 km, measured from the Sahand summit.

NESW2 km5 km123456789
Summit list 9
  1. 1Darvishlar3,613 m 1.2 km ESE
  2. 2گیروه داغی 23,524 m 1.3 km SSE
  3. 3گیروه داغی3,534 m 1.7 km S
  4. 4Boz Daghi3,628 m 2.6 km ENE
  5. 5چشمه آخان3,232 m 2.7 km NNW
  6. 6Damirli3,605 m 2.9 km W
  7. 7Haram Daghi3,562 m 3.2 km ENE
  8. 8Ag Dag3,583 m 4.0 km W
  9. 9قوناق گورمز3,135 m 4.7 km NW
Where it sits

Where Sahand sits

Range
Central Iranian Range3
Region
Iran16Asia964
Nearby

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,704 m at the summit; the official height is 3,710 m.Official 3,710 m90 m model 3,697 mThis map 3,704 m

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

SourceSummitDifference
Official height (Wikidata)3,710 m—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)3,704 m-6 m
Copernicus GLO-903,697 m-13 m

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-24)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia