Payer Mountain
Mount Payer (‹See Tfd›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.
The name of the mountain originated in the Nenets language "pai/er" (пай/ер), meaning "rock/master".
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. 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).
See also
References
- ^ Gora Payer - Peakbagger
- ^ Isolation for Gora Payer - Peakbagger
- ^ Пайер - Топонимическом словаре Республики Коми (Toponymic Dictionary of the Komi Republic)
- ^ 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
- Восхождение на гору Пайер (1472 м), высшую точку Полярного Урала в рамках туристического проекта Корона Урала. (Climbing Mount Payer)
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