page_title: Sabalan
hierarchical_section_title: Sabalan
caption_attribution_description: Mt. Sabalan (4811 Metres) Viewed from Highway near Ardabil, Iran
context_page_description: Sabalan is an inactive stratovolcano in the Lesser Caucasus mountain range and Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran.
  At 4,794 metres in elevation, it is the third-highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes around 3,600 metres in elevation there are large rock formations of eroded volcanic outcrops that resemble animals, birds, and insects.
context_section_description: Sabalan (Persian: سبلان [sæbæ'lɒːn], Savalan ) is an inactive stratovolcano in the Lesser Caucasus mountain range and Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran.
  At 4,794 metres (15,728 ft) in elevation, it is the third-highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes around 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) in elevation there are large rock formations of eroded volcanic outcrops that resemble animals, birds, and insects.
caption: Mount Sabalan
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