Kosvinsky Kamen
| Kosvinsky Kamen | |
|---|---|
| Косвинский камень | |
| Elevation | 1,519 m (4,984 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location | Russia |
| Range | Ural Mountains |
| Coordinates | 59°31′N 59°03′E / 59.517°N 59.05°ECoordinates: 59°31′N 59°03′E / 59.517°N 59.05°E |
Mount Kosvinsky Kamen, Kosvinsky Mountain, Kosvinsky Rock or Rostesnoy Rock (Russian: Косвинский камень, Косьвинский камень, Ростесной камень) is a mountain in the northern Urals, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[1][2]
Its head is bare of vegetation with uneven rocky surface with small lakes fed by snow melting. The Kosva River flows from the mountain, hence the name.[2]
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia describes Kosvinsky Rock as "mountain massif" of height 1,519 m.[3] Its constitution is pyroxenites and dunites of lower and middle Paleozoic era. The slopes are covered with conifers with some birch up to 900–1000 m, with alpine tundra above.[4]
[edit] Military
According to a 1997 article in the Washington Times, a CIA report stated that there were construction works for a "nuclear-survivable, strategic command post at Kosvinsky Mountain". [5]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron describe its location within the Russian Empire as Verkhoturye uyezd, Perm Governorate, in the okrug of the Bogoslovsky copper plant (Богословский медноплавильный завод)
- ^ a b Косвинский камень, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (Russian)
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron say that its elevation is 2,375 ft., mountain foot circumference is about 40 km.
- ^ "Косвинский камень," Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Russian)
- ^ "Moscow builds bunkers against nuclear attack", by Bill Gertz, Washington Times, April 1, 1997
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