Jashak salt dome, the Iranian mountain of salt

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 July 2023 at 07:06:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geology, UNESCO World heritage tentative list, Zagros mountain range, Iran
Fig. 1 - COP-DEM - The Jashak salt dome is located in the Southern Iran, in the Zagros mountains.
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It is also called "Kuh-e-Namak" which means "mountain of salt" in persian.
Fig. 2 - S2 (13.07.2023) - This salt dome is around 400 metres thick. It is considered as one of the most beautiful of Iran's salt dome.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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