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
- ^ 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
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