Kel-i-Schin
| Kel-i-Schin | |||
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 2981 m | ||
| Iran | Iraq | ||
| Valley locations | Kalishin | Dorud | |
| Mountains | Zāgros Mountains | ||
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 54 '47 " N , 44 ° 54' 44" E | ||
Kel-i-Schin ( Kēl-a Šīn , Kelišin , Kurdish blue pillar ) is the name of a mountain pass in the northern Zāgros Mountains , which is located at an altitude of 2,981 meters as the state border of Iran and Iraq between the places Oschnaviyeh (Iran) and Rawanduz (Iraq ) runs. The so-called Kel-i-Schin stele acted as the namesake for the mountain pass .
literature
- HF Russell: Shalmaneser's Campaign to Urartu in 856 BC and the Historical Geography of Eastern Anatolia according to the Assyrian Sources. In: Anatolian Studies 34 (1984), pp. 171-201.
- M. Salvini: Kelišin. In: Dietz-Otto Edzard u. a .: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 5 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-11-007192-4 , pp. 568-569.