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The River Gorgan flows through the plain from east to west, emptying into the Caspian Sea. The provincial capital Gorgan lies to the south of the plain, which covers an area of about 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi) and is situated between 37°00' and 37°30' north latitude, and between 54°00' and 54°30' east longitude.
The wide Dasht-e Gorgan (Plains of Gorgan) is located north of the city and geographically bounded by 37°00' - 37°30' north latitude and 54°00' - 54°30' east longitude, covering an area of about 170 square kilometres (66 sq mi). Some 150 km (93 mi) east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park, home to a large portion of the fauna of Iran.
Northern Iran ( Persian: شمال, romanized : Shomal, lit. 'North'), is a geographical term that refers to a relatively large and fertile area, consisting of the southern border of the Caspian Sea and the Alborz mountains. It includes the provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan (ancient kingdom of Hyrcania, medieval region of Tabaristan ...
Gorgon blood was said to have both the power to heal and harm. Representations of full-bodied Gorgons and disembodied Gorgon faces (called gorgoneia) were popular subjects in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman iconography. While Archaic Gorgons are universally depicted as hideously ugly, over time they came to be portrayed as beautiful young women.
Golestan province. / 37.333°N 55.150°E / 37.333; 55.150. Golestan province ( Persian: استان گلستان, (Golestân), Ostân-e Golestân) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan, formerly called Esterabad until 1937. Golestan was split ...
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
The Great Wall of Gorgan is a Sasanian-era defense system located near modern Gorgan in the Golestān Province of northeastern Iran, at the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea. The western, Caspian Sea, end of the wall is near the remains of the fort at: 37.13981°N 54.1788733°E; the eastern end of the wall, near the town of Pishkamar, is ...
Gorgan County ( Persian: شهرستان گرگان) is in Golestan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Gorgan. [3] At the 2006 census, the county's population was 393,887 in 105,120 households. [4] The following census in 2011 counted 462,455 people in 135,112 households. [5] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 480,541 in ...