{"id":368157,"date":"2026-07-24T16:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368157"},"modified":"2026-07-24T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:22:09","slug":"pickaxe-mountain-and-zagros-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pickaxe-mountain-and-zagros-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickaxe Mountain and Zagros Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> U.S. President Donald Trump threatened heavy strikes on Iran\u2019s fortified Pickaxe Mountain, which is linked to the country\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Pickaxe Mountain<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368168\" style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-368168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=369%2C208&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pickaxe Mountain\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Today.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-India-Today.jpg?w=924&amp;ssl=1 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; India Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: Pickaxe Mountain<\/strong>\u00a0is a <strong>mountain in the Zagros Mountain Range <\/strong>located in <strong>Isfahan Province, Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also known as \u201c<strong>Kuh-e Kolang Gaz La\u201d in Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Aspects:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Underground Nuclear Facility:<\/strong> Pickaxe Mountain <strong>contains a fortified underground facility<\/strong> that is believed to be located more than<strong> 100 m beneath hard granite.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> It is being built <strong>for the production and assembly of advanced centrifuges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure:<\/strong> The facility has <strong>two pairs of tunnel entrances and a completed security wall.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Importance:<\/strong> The <strong>mountain&#8217;s hard granite structure provides strong natural protection,<\/strong> making the underground facility difficult for bunker buster bombs to destroy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Zagros Mountains<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368164\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-368164 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Zagros Mountains\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?resize=768%2C769&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Britannica-2.jpg?w=875&amp;ssl=1 875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The <strong>Zagros Mountains<\/strong> extend from the<strong> border areas of eastern Turkey<\/strong> and <strong>northern Iraq across Iran to the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The range forms the <strong>western boundary of the Iranian Plateau.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extent:<\/strong> The mountain range extends for <strong>about 1,600 km and is more than 240 km wide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation:<\/strong> The range was formed by the <strong>collision of the African Plate with the Eurasian Plate,<\/strong> creating a <strong>belt of folded mountains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Geology:<\/strong> The <strong>oldest rocks in the range<\/strong> date back to the <strong>Precambrian Period.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>While <strong>limestone and shale from the Mesozoic Era and Paleogene Period<\/strong> are the <strong>most common rock types.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest Peak:<\/strong> <strong>Mount Dena<\/strong> is the highest peak.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drainage:<\/strong> The <strong>western slopes<\/strong> are <strong>drained by perennial rivers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The mountains are dominated by <strong>Persian oak forests, along with Aleppo oak, Lebanon oak, pistachio, almond, hawthorn, nettle tree, and pear.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> Important wildlife includes the <strong>Persian leopard, Syrian brown bear, bezoar ibex, striped hyena, and Persian squirrel.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: U.S. President Donald Trump threatened heavy strikes on Iran\u2019s fortified Pickaxe Mountain, which is linked to the country\u2019s nuclear programme. About Pickaxe Mountain Location: Pickaxe Mountain\u00a0is a mountain in the Zagros Mountain Range located in Isfahan Province, Iran. It is also known as \u201cKuh-e Kolang Gaz La\u201d in Iran. Key Aspects: Underground Nuclear Facility:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pickaxe-mountain-and-zagros-mountains\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pickaxe Mountain and Zagros Mountains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-368157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}