Verkhny Zub (Russian: Верхний Зуб; Shor: Амзас-Таскыл;[2] Khakas: Тигір тізі) is a peak in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the federal subject.[1]

The name of the mountain in the Khakas language "Тигір тізі" means "heavenly tooth".[3] The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a protected area.[4]

Description

Verkhny Zub is a 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) high mountain located in the Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberian System.[1] It rises in the southern area of the range, in the Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of Khakassia.[5][6]

At the foot of the mountain there are numerous cirque lakes. Dark coniferous taiga grows on the lower mountain slopes. On steep slopes up to a height of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) there is mountain tundra, above which there is the nival zone with snowfields at the top.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gora Verkhniy Zub - Peak Visor
  2. ^ Сибирская Советская энциклопедия. Том первый. А - Ж p. 96
  3. ^ Kuznetsk Alatau - Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Кузнецкий Алатау, государственный природный заповедник (Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve)
  5. ^ "Топографска карта N-45, G; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ Google Earth
  7. ^ Энциклопедия Республики Хакасия: [в 2 т.] (Encyclopedia of the Republic of Khakassia) / Правительство Респ. Хакасия; [науч.-ред. совет.: В. А. Кузьмин (пред.) и др.]. — Абакан: Поликор, 2007. Т. 1: [А — Н]. — 2007. — 430, [2] с.: ил., портр. — Библиогр. в конце слов. ст. С. 109.

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