Eagle/Hawk Mountain, Human Role?!
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Topic: Eagle/Hawk Mountain, Human Role?!
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Subject: Eagle/Hawk Mountain, Human Role?!
Date Posted: 30-Jun-2013 at 14:29
Those who have travelled to central Iran and visited this 2 km high mountain, have talked about the similarity of this mounatin to a proud hawk or eagle from all sides, it can be said some ancient eagle symbols in Iran had been inspired by this mountain or vice versa, is it really possible to think about a human role in the formation of it?
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Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 30-Jun-2013 at 14:37
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dunno. what do the archeo's/anthros and geologists say?
Are there visible signs of ancient stone masonry or religious incriptions displayed? ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: Ollios
Date Posted: 30-Jun-2013 at 15:48
It is hard to believe that it's high is 2 km. I think it is because of even the city near it (Yazd) is located on 1200m. 
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Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 03:44
I couldn't found any serious research about it, of course it is usually prefered to be called as a natural mountain.
It is 2,018 meters high and that is not yazd but a village named Farasha, this is an aerial view from other side:
 And look at the height of trees in this pic:
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Posted By: Ollios
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 05:06
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I know it is not Yazd, but just Yazd is enough big city to me to check it's elevation(1216m). I can't find the elevation of village Farasha. http://wikimapia.org/3492530/Eagle-Mountain - http://wikimapia.org/3492530/Eagle-Mountain I just want to mean photo high is nearly just 2018-1216=816m.(I think village Farasha is on more higher place than Yazd so it can be smaller than 800m) I don't think there is scientific defination of mountain. For example mountain of Smoke in Bahrain. It is just 134m high but people call it as mountain. Eagle mountain doesn't like a mountain which I am used to see in Turkey. It is small for me. I suggest these names; Hill of Eagle or Eagle Rock  But its shape is amazing. With your post, We also learnt that eagle was previous symbol of Iran, it doesn't always lion  If this doesn't a special shape, people can bulit a castle on it like this in Turkey. This place is known by opium production  It's high is just 226 m from the city(I want to mean this for Mt. Eagle). From the sea, it is 1447m. However, Eagle Mountain should be 4 times bigger than this, if you look it from close. One of just 221m, the other one 816m. |
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 06:19
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Of course the actual height of it from ground is certainly less than 2 km.
It is interesting that there is also an eagle rock in Iran:
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Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 12:48
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Quite impressive. Last question. Is it climbed?
And if so do you have a local scale? ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: Mountain Man
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 14:27
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Looks entirely natural. Lots of that everywhere, including the surface of Mars. Remember the famous Face? In my immediate vicinity there are places with names like Monkey Head Butte, Sleeping Man (named by the Utes), Kissing Camels in Garden of the Gods, and a host of others, although truthfully Pike's Peak doesn't look a bit like him!  People seem to like to humanize/animalize objects and then name them.------------- Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? |
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 01-Jul-2013 at 14:59
The fact is that I am also interested to know this thing, I searched in the web but it seems there isn't much info about it, anyway I think it can be a good destination for rock climbers. -------------
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Posted By: lincy
Date Posted: 22-Jul-2019 at 03:48
| It looks so natural happy to know about this. |