With an elevation of more than three thousand meters, Alvand is the highest mountain summit in Alvand subrange and one of the important peaks in Zagros Mountains. One of the ways to reach this summit passes through Ganjnameh valley, Kiwarestan, Meidan-e Mishan, and Takht-e Nader. Another one is a road from Sarkan city to the south of this subrange. Alvand has been mentioned in ancient Iranian texts including Pahlavi texts as "Arvand" or Avesta, it is Aurvant. The researchers believe that "Alvand" is Avestan and comes from the Avestan language word "Aurvañt", which means "quick, swift; a steed, horse, racer, warrior". Also, it is said about this appellation that it is the name of a person, Arvand, who was buried in this mountain. Alvand subrange surround Hamedan city like a great wall from northwest to southeast and it covers about 1300 km2 and from north to south, the height of the summits increases and its width expands. Most of its high summits are located on a mountain ridge with 70km long which, on one side, in the northwest, Almabolagh summit can be seen, and on the other side, at the bottom of the southeast, Kolah Ghazi summit can be found (Source: VisitIran).
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