This is a render of a normal paper map showing the geology of Iran created by @geo_spatialist on Twitter.

Iran has a dark history of CIA and MI6 involvement which lead to the coup d’état against him – after he had implemented policies that threatened the profits of British Petroleum.

  • nope
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    4 years ago

    Very beautiful! Is somebody here competent enough to provide some nice insights one can gain from this map?

    I just have two:

    • I think most people are not aware of how mountainous Iran is. This map very nicely shows that.
    • In the northeast of Tehran one can see a large red part which shows magmatic rock. This is Damavand, the by far(!) highest mountain of Iran with roughly 5600m above sea level – all other mountains in Iran are below 5000m. It is also the highest volcano of Asia (or the second highest, depending on the definition of volcano).