** Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe ( Iran, Turkmenistan )

** The Dag Hammarskjöld Library, a part of the United Nations headquarters, was dedicated on 16 November 1961 in honour of the late Secretary-General.

** Uppsala University: The Dag Hammarskjöld Library in Uppsala There is also a Dag Hammarskjöld Library at his alma mater, Uppsala University.

** Columbia University: The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York has a Dag Hammarskjöld Lounge.

** Stanford University: Dag Hammarskjöld House on the Stanford University campus is a residence cooperative for undergraduate and graduate students with international backgrounds and interests at Stanford.

** Dag Hammarskjöld Stadium is the main football stadium of Ndola, Zambia.

** Dag Hammarskjölds Gade is a street in Aalborg, Denmark

** Dag Hammarskjölds Väg is one of the longest streets in Uppsala, Sweden.

** Dag Hammarskjöld's Allé is a street in Copenhagen, Denmark.

** The headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ( CEPAL ) in Santiago, Chile lies on Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld.

** Dag Hammarskjöldlaan is a street in the town of Castricum, The Netherlands.

** Medal: On 22 July 1997, the U. N. Security Council in resolution 1121 ( 1997 ) established the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal in recognition and commemoration of those who have lost their lives as a result of UN peacekeeping operations.

** Prize in Peace and Conflict Studies: Colgate University annually awards a student the Dag Hammarskjöld Prize in Peace and Conflict Studies based on outstanding work in the program.

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Turkmenistan's mountains include 600 km of the northern reaches of the Kopet Dag Range, which it shares with Iran.

The Kopet Dag Range is a region characterized by foothills, dry and sandy slopes, mountain plateaus, and steep ravines ; Mount Şahşah ( 2, 912 m ), also known as Mount Rizeh, southwest of Ashgabat, is the highest elevation of the Kopet Dag Range in Turkmenistan.

The Kopet Dag is undergoing tectonic transformation, meaning that the region is threatened by earthquakes such as the one that destroyed Ashgabat in 1948 and registered nine on the Richter scale.

Most precipitation falls between January and May ; precipitation is slight throughout the country, with annual averages ranging from in the Kopet Dag to in the northwest.

It has a population of 695, 300 ( 2001 census estimate ), 2009 estimates around 1 million people in Ashgabat, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range.

It is the part of the Eurasian Plate wedged between the Arabian and Indian plates, situated between the Zagros mountains to the west, the Caspian Sea and the Kopet Dag to the north, the Hormuz Strait and Persian gulf to the south and the Indus River to the east in Pakistan.

It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range.

Kopet Dag Mountains in Ahal

* January 10 – Last confirmed specimen of a Caspian Tiger is killed, in the valley of the Sumbar River in the Kopet Dag Mountains of Turkmenistan.

There is archaeological evidence of previous settlement in the well-watered northern foothills of the Kopet Dag from the Neolithic period.

This region is dotted with the multi-period tells characteristic of the ancient Near East, similar to those south west of the Kopet Dag in the Gorgan Plain in Iran.

Jeitun has given its name to the whole Neolithic of the northern foothills of the Kopet Dag.

In the Early Bronze Age the culture of the Kopet Dag oases and Altyn-Depe developed a proto-urban society.

* Callophrys rubi rubi Europe, Caucasus, Kopet Dag

* Lycaena phlaeas oxiana — Kopet Dag mountains, Alai Mountains, Ghissar-Darvaz, Tian Shan mountains

The Kopet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh (, ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range is a mountain range on the frontier between Turkmenistan and Iran, extending about 650 km ( 404 mi ) along the border, east of the Caspian Sea.

Despite the lack of snow in the Kopet Dag mountains, Niyazov was determined to build a major resort there.

The Kopet Dag Range is a region characterized by foothills, dry and sandy slopes, mountain plateaus, and steep ravines.

The Kopet Dag is undergoing tectonic transformation, and is subject to severe earthquakes.