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Somamoos
Mountain/Rock

Somamoos

 
Somamoos

Page Type: Mountain/Rock

Location: Mazandaran&Gilan, Iran, Asia

Lat/Lon: 36.84446°N / 50.38330°E

Activities: Mountaineering

Season: Spring

Elevation: 11909 ft / 3630 m

 

Page By: Vahid Ashrafi

Created/Edited: May 17, 2008 / May 20, 2008

Object ID: 404348

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Overview

"Somamoos" also "samamoos" has different meaning in Farsi language such as "Sky Mountain" , "Nest of Hawk" and "Samam Mountain".

This beautiful mountain is located at south of Ramsar city and at the border of two northern province of Iran : Mazandaran & Gilan .

Sea of clouds is a common scenery from top of Somamos when you are standing toward Caspean Sea .

Many beautiful flowers and runnig horses in grassland are unforgottable sights and sceneries !

Getting There

From Tehran you can take a bus or car to Ramsar city via Tehran-Chaloos road (about 220 km.).

There is a long slope road from Ramsar to Javaherdeh village through a foggy and bushy jungle (about 33 km.). You can rent a 4*4 car (such as Jeep) from Ramsar .

It is usually raining heavily , specially in spring . If it will be sunny , you can reach the summit from Javaherdeh with 5 hrs. treking .

Red Tape

There is no Red Tape .

Camping

Camping is allowed in the region . You can also rent a house in Javaherdeh village .

There is no hut in the mountain , but there is a little stone shrine (in Farsi : "Imamzade") on the summit .

External Links

Some pics are fom Azad group's gallery

Oaj Mountain Climbing Club

Images

Sea of Cloudsflora of Somamos mt.Somamos mt.Somamos mt.HorsesFlora of Somamos mt.
Foggy forestJavaherdeh in winterSomamosfoggy road ..Sea of cloudstoward the summit
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