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Distance: 62.39 mi
Elevation gain: 1,220 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 1,309 ft
Max elevation: 1,818 ft
TrailRank: 66 5
Min elevation: 1,818 ft
Trail type: One Way

Time: 4 hours 51 minutes
Coordinates: 5371
Uploaded: January 13, 2016
Recorded: December 2015

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near Shahdād, Kerman (Iran)

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گندم بریان - گرمترین نقطه جهان
به فاصله 70 کیلومتری از شهرزیبای شهرداد
مساحت گندم بریان: 480 کیلومتر مربع پوشیده شده از سنگهای سیاه رنگ آذرین

Gandom Beryan (Scorched wheat)
The hottest land in the world
Location: Kerman province, black lava plateau 70 km north from Shahdad in Lut desert

Gandom Beryan is a 480 km² large plateau covered with dark lava. The source of this rock is a bit of a mystery as there are no volcanoes in vicinity

Temperatures on the top of plateau are bearable only in November - April.

Scorched wheat
Name of the plateau means "Scorched Wheat". There is a story that the name originated from the following event:
In the 1950s a caravan with camels bringing a load of wheat was going through the desert from Shahdad to Khorasan. Due to an accident they had to leave the wheat in the desert near the Gandom Beryan hill. Few days later drivers of another caravan noted the abandoned load - the grains were scorched due to the heat. Since then the hill got its present name