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Sorry to go off topic, but I've been waiting a thread about weird stuff found on gmaps for a long time. Does anyone know what is this geological formation (26.

by vslira 9y ago

Sorry to go off topic, but I've been waiting a thread about weird stuff found on gmaps for a long time. Does anyone know what is this geological formation (26.621298, 55.490281) and why it looks like a crater? Didn't find any reference to it (there could be something in Farsi, though)

AHASIC 9y ago
I get a forest on google maps with these coordinates.
- Mithaldu 9y ago
  He means the circular dark area you see when you zoom out.
- deleted 9y ago
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DanBC 9y ago
the island is Qeshm, and it's a unesco site. Frustratingly I can't find any particular info about that bit, unless it's what's called stars valley. http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/stars-valley-on-qeshm-island-iran.html http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2012/05/stars-valley-on-qeshm-isla...
jnotarstefano 9y ago
It seems to be known as the Qeshm salt dome: http://wikimapia.org/11589307/Qeshm-Salt-dome http://wikimapia.org/11589307/Qeshm-Salt-dome
hbk1966 9y ago
This is called a salt dome. It seems this one in particular is called the "Qeshm salt dome". http://geology.com/stories/13/salt-domes/ http://geology.com/stories/13/salt-domes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_dome/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_dome/