Ynnakh Mountain Explained

Ynnakh Mountain
Other Name:Arga Ynnakh Khaya
Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh
Mat Gora
Elevation M:1609
Elevation Ref:[1]
Range:Chersky Range
Listing:Mountains of Russia
Area Km2:134
Location:Sakha Republic, Russia
Map:Russia Sakha Republic
Coordinates:67.4167°N 186°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Type:Granite massif
Easiest Route:From Ese-Khayya

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

The mountain has been classified as a natural monument of Russia with number 1420068. It is an important mountain in Yakut culture, where the word "Ynnakh" comes from Yakut: Ыыннаах, meaning scary, creepy.[3]

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.[4]

The height of the summit is 1609m (5,279feet) according to the Operational Navigation Chart.[1] According to other sources it is 1622m (5,322feet) high.[5] The mineral kesterite is found in the mountain.[6]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Image: Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg. commons.wikimedia.org. 2020-01-25.
  2. http://arctoa.ru/ru/Archive-ru/19/16Isakova.pdf Moss Flora of the Yana-Adycha Plateau
  3. https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/toponimiya-regionalnyh-kulturnyh-landshaftov-na-primere-verhoyanskogo-rayona-respubliki-saha-yakutiya Toponymy of Regional Cultural Landscapes - Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia)
  4. https://investyakutia.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMTgvMDIvMjAvNXV4OHcxaGFucF9fLl8ucGRmIl1d/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82.%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%20%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9.pdf?sha=6a41ed707584fdc4 ИНВЕСТИЦИОННЫЙ ПАСПОРТ муниципального образования «Верхоянский район» Республики Саха (Якутия)
  5. https://www.clim-past.net/13/795/2017/cp-13-795-2017.pdf Palaeoclimate characteristics in interior Siberia of MIS 6–2: First insights from the Batagay permafrost mega-thaw slump in the Yana Highlands
  6. https://catalogmineralov.ru/mineral/kesterit.html Mineral Catalogue - Кестерит
  7. https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/collections/list.php?db=2&reset=1&country=Russia&state=&county= CNALH Collection Search Parameters