Karkas Mountains

The Karkas mountain chain (Persian: کوهستان كركس or رشته‌کوه کرکس Reshteh kuh-e Karkas) is a mountain range in central Iran.

Having a northwest-southeast direction, it is stretched from Kashan to Ardestan for more than 100 kilometres.

[1] Although in Persian karkas means vulture, it is possible that the name of this mountain chain is derived from the settlement activity of the ancient Kassites in the area, because in the ancient Assyrian language Kar-Kassi means "town or land of the Kassites" (modified interpretation after Roman Ghirshman, 1954).

The Karkas Mountains were formed mainly during the Eocene volcanism.

There is a Precambrian-Paleozoic basement in the central part of this mountain chain.