Dome Rig-e Jenn Desert
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Esfahan /
Nain /
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, 117 km from center (نائين)
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(southern Rig-e Jenn Desert )
(Persian: ریگ جن ‘Dune of the Jinn’)
The Rig-e Jen is a vast area of sand dunes in the middle of Dasht-e Kavir, Iran's central desert in the border region of the Semnan and Isfahan provinces. It was not travelled by the old caravan travellers, who believed it is a place where evil spirits live. Even today some in the neighbouring towns and villages believe this. Sven Hedin, the famous desert explorer avoided this area in his 1900s explorations to Iranian deserts. Alfons Gabriel crossed the southern 'tail' of it on his way from Ashin to Aroosan in the 1930s.
(Persian: ریگ جن ‘Dune of the Jinn’)
The Rig-e Jen is a vast area of sand dunes in the middle of Dasht-e Kavir, Iran's central desert in the border region of the Semnan and Isfahan provinces. It was not travelled by the old caravan travellers, who believed it is a place where evil spirits live. Even today some in the neighbouring towns and villages believe this. Sven Hedin, the famous desert explorer avoided this area in his 1900s explorations to Iranian deserts. Alfons Gabriel crossed the southern 'tail' of it on his way from Ashin to Aroosan in the 1930s.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig-e_Jenn
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Coordinates: 33°40'28"N 54°1'7"E
- Aghda (Siah Kooh Kevir) playa 84 km
- Shomal Garbi Reg-e Jenn Desert 112 km
- Dasht-e Lut 248 km
- Dasht-e Kavir 287 km
- Aral Sea 1453 km
- Sands can be reached by car at full power 1643 km
- Negev 1868 km
- Desert Taklamakan 2227 km
- Gobi Desert 4086 km
- Badain Jaran Desert 4269 km
- Zarvmand Mountain 33 km
- Gapgara 42 km
- Sangab Duli canyon 47 km
- Dadan Landscape (The Rainbow Landscape) 60 km
- Khur and Biabanak County 60 km
- Abbas Abad Wildlife Refuge - Region 64 km
- Daredar Mountain 65 km
- Haji Abad Playa 83 km
- Osh Barmak Salt Lake 89 km
- Nature area near the Black Mountain 93 km