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There is a unique place for Mount Damavand in Persian mythology and folktales. At 5,671 metres, Damvand is the tallest mountain peak in Iran and Western Asia, the tallest volcano in Asia and the second highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is a significantly an active stratovolcano. A notable mountain in Persian mythology is Damavand. The three-headed dragon Aži Dahāka was imprisoned inside Mount Damvand in Zoroastrian literature and mythology, where he would stay till the end of the world. Later on in the same narrative, after being vanquished by Kāveh and Fereydūn, the tyrant Zahhk was also bound in a cave somewhere within Mount Damvand. This incident is described in the masterpiece by the Persian Poet Ferdowsi, the Shahnameh. In t he Alborz ranges, Mount Damavand is situated near the center. It is located in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, 66 kilometres northeast of Tehran, close to the southern coast of Caspian Sea. The second most recognizable summit in Asia after Mount Everest is Mount Damvand, which is the 12th most notable mountain peak in the entire planet. It is a part of the Volcanic Seven Summits Mountaineering Challenge. The Shahnameh claims that the mountain has mystical powers and serves as a metaphor for Iranian struggle to authoritarianism and colonial occupation. The spot from whence the legendary hero Arash fired his enchanted arrow to define the boundary of Iran during the border dispute between Iran and Turan has also been identified as Damvand Mountain in the Iranian tale of Arash.

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