Mount Payer
| Mount Payer | |
|---|---|
| Пайер | |
  Mount Payer Location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia  Mount Payer Mount Payer (Russia) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,472 m (4,829 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,153 m (3,783 ft)[1] |
| Isolation | 213.9 km (132.9 mi)[2] |
| Coordinates | 66°43′15″N 64°23′30″E / 66.72083°N 64.39167°E[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia |
| Parent range | Polar Urals |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | From Yeletsky, Kharp or Labytnangi |
Mount Payer (Russian: Пайер) is a peak in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the highest point of the okrug and of the Polar Urals, as well as one of the highest of the wider Ural mountain system.[1]
The name of the mountain originated in the Nenets language "pai/er" (пай/ер), meaning "rock/master".[3][4]
Description[edit]
Mount Payer is a 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high mountain located near the Arctic circle in the Polar Urals, a subrange of the Urals. It rises in the middle part of the range, in Shuryshkarsky District, near the border of the Komi Republic.[5][6] The mountain has three peaks, the highest of which is a 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high flat-topped rocky summit. The western peak is 1,330 metres (4,360 ft) high, and the eastern 1,217 metres (3,993 ft).[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Gora Payer - Peakbagger
- ^ Isolation for Gora Payer - Peakbagger
- ^ Пайер - Топонимическом словаре Республики Коми (Toponymic Dictionary of the Komi Republic)
- ^ a b Гора Пайер - Наш Урал
- ^ "Топографска карта Q-41, A, B-1; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Google Earth
External links[edit]
- Восхождение на гору Пайер (1472 м), высшую точку Полярного Урала в рамках туристического проекта Корона Урала. (Climbing Mount Payer)
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