Zarghun Ghar

30°07′N 67°48′E

Zarghoon
Highest point
Elevation	3,578 m (11,739 ft)[1]
Geography
Location	Pakistan

Zarghun Ghar (Pashto: زرغون غر, lit. "Green Mountain"), or Zarghoon Mountains, is a mountain range located in the east of Quetta District, in Balochistan Province of western Pakistan. The range, which is part of the Sulaiman Range, contains the tallest mountain peak in Balochistan. The range is home to a broad swathe of flora and fauna.

Pak-Iran Juniper Defenders and Mountaineers headed by Hayatullah Khan Durrani at base camp of Zarghoon Mount Balochistan, 1991.

Peaks

The Zarghun Ghar range's highest peak is Loy saar Naikan, at 3,578 meters (11738. ft), which is also considered the highest mountain peak in Balochistan, while the second highest peak is Kuchnai Saar, at 3,404 meters (11,170. ft).^[2]

Flora

The base of the Zarghoon Ghar up to the city of Ziarat is densely covered by Pashtun juniper (Juniperus seravschanica) trees, a forest of about 200,000 acres (810 km²). The Pashtun Juniper forest in the adjacent Ziarat District covers an area of about 247,000 acres (1,000 km²).

See also

• Sulaiman Mountains
• List of mountains in Pakistan
• Mountain ranges of Pakistan

References

1. "Highest Mountains Peak in Baluchistan and Quetta". Chiltan Adventures Association Balochistan.com. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
2. http://www.caab.20m.com | Chiltan Adventurers Association Balochistan

Further reading

• Sami, Muhammad; Waseem, Amir; Akbar, Sher (July 2006). "Quantitative estimation of dust fall and smoke particles in Quetta Valley". Journal of Zhejiang University Science B. 7 (7): 542–547. doi:10.1631/jzus.2006.B0542. PMC 1500881. PMID 16773727.