Mount Binalud

Mount Binālud (In Persian: بینالود) is the second highest peak in Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is known also as the Roof of Khorasan. Made of Triassic-Jurassic metamorphic rocks, this mountain is 26 km north-east of Nishapur and to the west of Mashhad. With an elevation of 3201 metres, Mount Binalud is the second highest point of the Binalud Mountains.

Binalud
Mt. Binalud view in winter from Bāghrud Road (south of the mountain).
Highest point
Elevation3,211 m (10,535 ft)
Listing
Coordinates36°25′35″N 58°50′57″E
Geography
Parent rangeBinalud Mountains
Climbing
First ascentby an unknown Iranian


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