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Mêrgasur, Mergasur District, Muḩāfaz̧at Arbīl, Iraq


Alternative Names:Mayrkah Sur, Mayrkah Sūr, Mayrkasur, Mayrkasūr, Merga Soor, Merga Sor, Merga Sor-i-Zhori, Mergasur, Mergasur Upper, Mergasur-i Zheri, Merge Sur, Mirga Sur, Mirkah Sur, Mirkah Sūr, Mêrgasur, Mêrge Sur, Mêrge Sûr, Mērgasūr-i Zhērī, myrkh swr, myrkswr, mێrgە swr, mێrgە swwr, mێrgەswr, ميركسور, ميركه سور, مێرگە سور, مێرگە سوور, مێرگەسور
Type:Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Mergasor District, Erbil Governorate, Iraq
Region:Mergasur District, Muḩāfaz̧at Arbīl, Iraq
Latitude:36° 50' 26" N
Longitude:44° 18' 8" E
Lat/Long (dec):36.84069,44.30229
Köppen climate type:Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Feature ID:93455
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:93455:8
GUID:0
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Herki Pb Occurrence, Mergasor District, Erbil Governorate, Iraq37° 4' 43" N44° 4' 7" E33.6km (20.9 miles)
Karakaya, Hakkari Province, Turkey37° 13' 35" N44° 16' 6" E43.0km (26.7 miles)
Şemdinli, Şemdinli District, Hakkâri Province, Turkey37° 18' 18" N44° 34' 20" E56.9km (35.4 miles)
Kurşuntepe deposit, Çukurca District, Hakkâri Province, Turkey37° 16' 20" N43° 41' 58" E71.9km (44.7 miles)
Amedi, Amedi District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 5' 33" N43° 29' 13" E77.6km (48.2 miles)
Unnamed prosects (Sharosh Village), Qandil range, Kurdistan Province, Iran36° 25' 32" N45° 1' 36" E79.4km (49.3 miles)
Kharapeh Au deposit, Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran36° 42' 23" N45° 15' 51" E87.0km (54.0 miles)
Kharapeh, Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran36° 42' 23" N45° 15' 51" E87.0km (54.0 miles)
Serguza (Duri Serguza) deposit, Amedi, Amedi District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 4' 29" N43° 19' 49" E90.2km (56.0 miles)
Bardkish syenite, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran37° 12' 0" N45° 13' 59" E91.8km (57.0 miles)
Meskantepe deposit, Çukurca District, Hakkâri Province, Turkey37° 21' 15" N43° 26' 54" E94.9km (58.9 miles)
Baleston granite, Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran37° 17' 40" N45° 13' 49" E96.6km (60.0 miles)
Hakkâri Zinc project, Hakkâri District, Hakkâri Province, Turkey37° 30' 0" N43° 30' 0" E102.1km (63.5 miles)
Marabasta Zn-Pb Deposit, Pshdar District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq36° 18' 19" N45° 14' 18" E102.6km (63.8 miles)
Qaladiza, Pshdar District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq36° 10' 26" N45° 7' 36" E104.5km (64.9 miles)
Lower Banik occurrence, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 1' 44" N43° 8' 59" E104.5km (65.0 miles)
Banik Pb Occurrence, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 2' 9" N43° 8' 38" E105.2km (65.4 miles)
Upper Banik occurrence, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 2' 50" N43° 8' 12" E106.1km (65.9 miles)
Piranshahr intrusion (Piranshahr massif), Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran36° 30' 0" N45° 25' 0" E106.4km (66.1 miles)
Shiransh Islam, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 2' 23" N43° 2' 34" E114.1km (70.9 miles)
Lefan Zn-Pb Occurrence, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 6' 35" N43° 2' 48" E115.5km (71.7 miles)
Mosul, Mosul District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq36° 20' 19" N43° 7' 34" E118.9km (73.9 miles)
Patruma Pb Occurrence, Sindi, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 5' 39" N42° 57' 26" E122.8km (76.3 miles)
Köprüağzı Evaporites, Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey37° 55' 59" N43° 54' 37" E126.3km (78.5 miles)
Masis Pb Occurrence, Sindi, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 6' 35" N42° 53' 56" E128.2km (79.6 miles)
Afjizi occurrence, Sindi, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 17' 38" N42° 54' 22" E133.7km (83.1 miles)
Alanish, Sharanish area, Sindi, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 17' 38" N42° 52' 18" E136.6km (84.9 miles)
Batruma occurrence, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 16' 3" N42° 51' 24" E136.8km (85.0 miles)
Jabal Jalda occurrence, Sindi, Zakho District, Duhok Governorate, Iraq37° 9' 12" N42° 47' 49" E138.1km (85.8 miles)
Barika ore deposit, Sardasht, Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran36° 11' 30" N45° 38' 59" E140.4km (87.2 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
Southeast Turkey Foldbelt basin, Arabian PlateBasin
AsiaContinent
Zagros Mountains, AsiaMountain Range
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Zagros Orogen, Indian PlateAccretionary Complex
IraqCountry
Erbil Governorate, IraqGovernorate
Mergasor District, Erbil Governorate, IraqDistrict
Iraqi Kurdistan, IraqAutonomous Region

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Iraq, Arbil, Mergasur108.6.32.0.0.0
 
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