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Mount Payer

Mount Payer

Mountain in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

For the mountain in Greenland, see Payer Peak.

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]

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