Kuh-e Safed Khers, Mountain summit in Darwaz district, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Kuh-e Safed Khers is a mountain in Darwaz district, Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, reaching 5,326 metres. The Persian name means White Bear Mountain. The sources record only its height and location, not its slopes, rock or range.
The sources record no historical events, trade-route role or settlement history for Kuh-e Safed Khers; they give only its location in Darwaz district, Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, and its height of 5,326 metres. Its documented record is thus cartographic and geographic rather than historical.
The name Kuh-e Safed Khers is Persian for White Bear Mountain, from safed (white) and khers (bear). The peak lies in the Darwaz district of Badakhshan province, in Afghanistan's northeast, a Persian-speaking area where the mountain is also known as سفیدخرس.
Kuh-e Safed Khers lies in Darwaz district in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, near the border with Tajikistan, at coordinates 38.09 N, 71.09 E. The sources record only its 5,326-metre elevation and give no trail, access route or permit information, so any approach must be planned from the nearest settlements in Darwaz.
Kuh-e Safed Khers rises to 5,326 metres in the Darwaz district of Badakhshan, in Afghanistan's northeast near the Tajik border. Its Persian name, "White Bear Mountain", is the only detail the available sources record beyond its height and location.
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