Ynnakh Mountain, also known as Arga Ynnakh Khaya[3] (Russian: Арга Ыннах Хая), Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh[1] (Russian: Гора Улахан Ыннах) and as Mother Mountain (Russian: Мать-Гора),[4] is a mountain in Verkhoyansky District, Yakutia, Russian Federation.

The mountain has been classified as a natural monument of Russia with number 1420068.[citation needed] It is an important mountain in Yakut culture, where the word "Ynnakh" comes from Yakut: Ыыннаах, meaning scary, creepy.[5]

Geography

Ynnakh Mountain is a granite massif located north of the Yana Plateau between the Yana River and the Adycha, a right hand tributary of the Yana. The mountain rises at the western limit of the Chersky Range, near the eastern foothills of the Verkhoyansk Range , a few miles to the southeast of Ese-Khayya.[6]

The height of the summit is 1,609 metres (5,279 ft) according to the Operational Navigation Chart.[1] According to other sources it is 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) high.[4] The mineral kesterite is found in the mountain.[3]

Flora

There is sparse forest in the lower slopes and at the feet of the mountain. Mid and higher elevations have mountain tundra with mosses and lichens.[2][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Image: Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg". commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  2. ^ a b Moss Flora of the Yana-Adycha Plateau
  3. ^ a b Mineral Catalogue - Кестерит (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b Palaeoclimate characteristics in interior Siberia of MIS 6–2: First insights from the Batagay permafrost mega-thaw slump in the Yana Highlands
  5. ^ Toponimy of Regional Cultural Landscapes - Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia) (in Russian)
  6. ^ ИНВЕСТИЦИОННЫЙ ПАСПОРТ муниципального образования «Верхоянский район» Республики Саха (Якутия) (in Russian)
  7. ^ CNALH Collection Search Parameters

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