Mount Payer
Пайер
Mount Payer is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Mount Payer
Mount Payer
Location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Mount Payer is located in Russia
Mount Payer
Mount Payer
Mount Payer (Russia)
Highest point
Elevation1,472 m (4,829 ft)[1]
Prominence1,153 m (3,783 ft)[1]
Isolation213.9 km (132.9 mi)[2]
Coordinates66°43′15″N 64°23′30″E / 66.72083°N 64.39167°E / 66.72083; 64.39167[1]
Geography
LocationYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Russia
Parent rangePolar Urals
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gora Payer - Peakbagger
  2. ↑ Isolation for Gora Payer - Peakbagger
  3. ↑ Пайер - Топонимическом словаре Республики Коми (Toponymic Dictionary of the Komi Republic)
  4. 1 2 Гора Пайер - Наш Урал
  5. ↑ "Топографска карта Q-41, A, B-1; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Google Earth
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