Hyrcania
（重定向自Hyrcanian）
![Map of Iran and surrounding countries (including Turkmenistan), showing location of Hyrcania](/Images/godic/202501/19/Hyrcania0705.PNG")
![Map of Achaemenid Empire showing Hyrcania](/Images/godic/202501/19/Map_of_the_Achaemenid_Empire0705.jpg")
Hyrcania (/hərˈkeɪniə/) or Verkâna was a satrapy located in the territories of the present day Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces of Iran and part of Turkmenistan, lands south of the Caspian Sea. To the Greeks, the Caspian Sea was the "Hyrcanian Sea".