Roodafshan Cave

Roodafshan Cave
Entrance area of Roodafshan Cave
Highest point
Elevation1,935 m (6,348 ft)
Geography
LocationTehran province / Iran

The Roodafshan Cave (Persian: غار رود افشان, romanized: Ghar-e Roodafshan) is a solutional cave located in Roodafshan valley, Damavand County, Tehran province, Iran, in the Alborz mountains. Since 2003 the Verein für Höhlenkunde in Obersteier (Austria) with the Khaneye Koohnavardan-e-Tehran (Iran) has been surveying Roodafshan Cave.

The length of this spacious cave is 1,502 m with a vertical distance of -90.6 m. The Roodafshan Entrance Hall with 168 m length, 94 m width, 40 m high and 11,395 m2 floor area is the second biggest documented cave chamber in Iran.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Iran Tourism & Touring Organization. "Rood Afshan Cave in Damavand". Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Ernest Geyer. "Forschungsprojekt Ghar-e-Roodafshan, Provinz Teheran, IRAN" (in German). Retrieved 2017-12-09.

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