Yudychvumchorr
Юдычвумчорр
Yudychvumchorr near sunset
Highest point
Elevation1,201 m (3,940 ft)[1]
Prominence1,051 m (3,448 ft)[1]
Coordinates67°43′21″N 33°28′06″E / 67.72250°N 33.46833°E / 67.72250; 33.46833[1]
Geography
Yudychvumchorr is located in Murmansk Oblast
Yudychvumchorr
Yudychvumchorr
Location in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
LocationMurmansk Oblast,
Russia
Parent rangeKhibiny Mountains
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Apatity or Kirovsk

Yudychvumchorr (Russian: Юдычвумчорр) is a peak in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the oblast and of the Kola Peninsula. The peak is also the highest point of the European side of the Russian Arctic, not counting Arctic islands.[1][2]

The name of the mountain originated in the Sami language.[3]

Description

Yudychvumchorr is a 1,201 metres (3,940 ft) high mountain located north of the Arctic circle in the Khibiny Mountains. The mountain rises in the southwestern sector of the Kola Peninsula.[4] The Malaya Belaya river flows within a deep valley at the foot of the mountain in the south and southeast. Formerly the 1,189 metres (3,901 ft) high Chasnachorr had been considered the highest point of the Khibiny.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Yudychvumchorr, Russia - PeakVisor
  2. 1 2 Физико-географическая статистика России (Physical and geographical statistics of Russia) - Yudychvumchorr
  3. D. A. Dudoreva. Toponymy of the Khibiny, Труды Ферсмановской Научной Сессии Ги Кнц Ран. 2010 - Issue 7 — ISSN 2074-2479
  4. Google Earth
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