Salt Range
| Salt Range | |
|---|---|
Salt Range and Motorway M2 | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Sakesar |
| Elevation | 1,522 m (4,993 ft) |
| Listing | Mountains of Pakistan |
| Naming | |
| Native name | سلسلہ کوہ نمک (in Urdu) |
| Geography | |
| Range coordinates | 32°40′30″N 72°47′35″E / 32.67500°N 72.79306°E |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | M-2 motorway (Pakistan) |
| Normal route | Kallar Kahar |
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The Salt Range (Punjabi: سلسلہ کوہ نمک, romanized: Silsila Koh Namakīn and Namkistan نمکستان) is a mountain range in the north of Punjab province of Pakistan, deriving its name from its extensive deposits of rock salt. The range extends along the south of the Potohar Plateau and the north of the Jhelum River. The Salt Range contains the great mines of Khewra, Kalabagh and Warcha which yield vast supplies of salt. Coal of a medium quality is also found here. The Salt Range starts from the Bakralla and Tilla Jogian ridges in the east and extends to the west of River Jhelum.
In the Himalayan and Salt Range, rock containing fossil of marine life go back to the Ediacaran period (up to 570 million years ago), which shows these rocks have developed out of sea sediments, and that where the Himalayas are now was once a sea.
- Sakesar is the highest peak of the Salt Range.
- Namal Lake, Khabikki Lake and Uchhali Lake are lakes in the Salt Range.