Sabalan ridge of Sabalan. Sabalan Sabalan (Persian: سبلان ), or Savalan (Azerbaijani: Savalan, ساوالان ) is an inactive stratovolcano in the Alborz mountain range and Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran. At in elevation, it is the third highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes around in elevation there are large rock formations of eroded volcanic outcrops which resemble animals, birds, and insects. Located in the extreme northwest of Iran, Sabalan is the country's third highest peak after Damavand and Alam-Kuh. It is also higher than Mont Blanc in the
Malinche (volcano) Puebla states, this volcano is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The park is the fifth largest of the 85 peaks in México. It covers an area of , of which roughly two thirds belong to Tlaxcala and one third to Puebla. The diameter of the park is approximately . La Malinche is an inactive stratovolcano which began to form in the middle of the Paleogene period, 30–35 million years ago. Since that time it has grown through eruptions, the last of which is believed to have occurred ca. 3,100 years ago. It is not a typical volcanic cone, but