Mount Derak
{{Short description|Sedimentary rock mountain in Iran}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Derock
| photo = Mount-Derak.jpg
| photo_caption = View of Drak Mountain located in Shiraz, Iran
| elevation_ft = 9514
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| prominence_ft = 4605
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| location = Shiraz, Iran
| range = Zagros Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|29.684|N|52.404|E|type:mountain_region:IRN_scale:100000_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| topo = Mount Derak
| type = Sedimentary rock
| age = < 40,000 yrs
| first_ascent = 1841
| easiest_route = Hike via south western zone
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Mount Derock or Deraak (also known as Kuh-eh Barfee{{Cite journal|title=Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy's itinerary in southern Iran, 1841–42|url=https://bioone.org/journals/willdenowia/volume-36/issue-1/wi.36.36154/Karl-Georg-Theodor-Kotschys-itinerary-in-southern-Iran-184142/10.3372/wi.36.36154.pdf|journal=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin|year=2006|volume=36|pages=579–588|doi=10.3372/wi.36.36154|last1=Edmondson|first1=John R.|last2=Lack|first2=H. Walter|s2cid=85095226}} or Mother Mount) is a sedimentary rock mountain in Shiraz, Fars, in the Middle East region in Iran. It is located west{{Cite thesis|last=Mobaraki|first=Abdollah|date=2012|title=Strategies for Mitigating Urban Heat Island Effects in Cities: Case of Shiraz City Center|url=http://i-rep.emu.edu.tr:8080/jspui/bitstream/11129/223/1/Mobaraki.pdf|publisher=Eastern Mediterranean University}} and northwest of Shiraz, Fars. It is called mother mountain because its shape resembles a pregnant woman lying on her back and the name {{Transliteration|fa|barfi}} mountain refers to it usually being white-capped in winter, {{Transliteration|fa|barf}} meaning snow in Persian.{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Encyclopaedia Iranica|title=Welcome to Encyclopaedia Iranica|url=https://iranicaonline.org/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=iranicaonline.org|language=en-US}}
Geologically, Shiraz is a syncline valley city (NW–SE elongated) that formed between the Baba Kohi and Derak anticlines.{{Cite journal|date=2020-05-01|title=Assessment of geochemical and sedimentological characteristics of atmospheric dust in Shiraz, southwest Iran|journal=Geoscience Frontiers|language=en|volume=11|issue=3|pages=783–792|doi=10.1016/j.gsf.2019.08.004|issn=1674-9871|doi-access=free|last1=Torghabeh|first1=Amir Karimian|last2=Pradhan|first2=Biswajeet|last3=Jahandari|first3=Ashkan|hdl=10453/139938|hdl-access=free}}
File:Derak_Mountain_white_in_snow.jpg|Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter
File:DerakNorth.jpg|Snow Mount Derak
File:Derak-Mount-Shiraz-Iran.jpg|Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter
File:Sunset shiraz.JPG|Sunset in Shiraz viewing north-west – Kowsar hospital is visible in the bottom right
File:Shraz sunset 2.JPG|Golden hour in Shiraz viewing Mt. Derak