Zendan-e Soleyman Volcanic crater

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Zendan-e Soleyman (Persian: زندان سلیمان, Literally: Literally: Prison of Solomon) is a cone-shaped hallow mountain in West Azarbaijan, Iran. It is located 3 kilometers west of Takht-e Soleyman archaeological site. It is not a volcano, but built up of limestone during millions of years by a hot spring underneath!!! The mountain is 97 to 107 m tall while its crater is 65 m wide and around 80 m deep. The crater was at one time full of water, fed by floor springs but it dried centuries ago. Also ruins of a prehistoric and a Median temple can be seen in the region.

Folk legends relate that King Solomon used to imprison monsters inside this crater hence the name Prison of Solomon or Zendan-e Soleyman.