Mount Dyultydag Explained

Gora Dyultydag
Other Name:Гора Дюльтыдаг
Elevation M:4127
Prominence M:1834
Range:Lateral Range
Caucasus Mountains
Listing:Ultra
Location:Dagestan, Russia
Map:Caucasus mountains#Russia Dagestan
Label Position:right
Coordinates:41.9594°N 46.9222°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]

Gora Dyultydag, or simply Dyultydag (Russian: Дюльтыдаг), is a mountain located in Dagestan, Russia. At elevation, it is the highest point of the Dyultydag range of the Greater Caucasus.[2] [3]

Toponymy

Dyultydag refers to both a mountain range[4] and its higher summit, Gora Dyultydag.[5]

Sometimes the Cyrillic name Дюльтыдаг is transliterated as Dyul'tydag.

Geography

The mountain belongs to the Samur basin. Its peak stands about 150NaN0 north of the border with Azerbaijan. The closest village to Dyultydag is Archib in Charodinsky District. In 1961 its summit was reported as perennial snow-capped. At an elevation of 4127 m Gora Dyultydag is Dagestan's fifth-highest mountain and the 45th-highest in Russia.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Гора Дюльтыдаг: Russia, web-page on www.geographic.org
  2. Soviet military map K-38-82 (1:100,000)
  3. Soviet military map K-38-23 (1:200,000)
  4. Book: Allerton Press . Moscow University Geology Bulletin, Volume 35 . 1980 .
  5. Book: Florinsky , Michael T. Florinsky . McGraw-Hill . McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union . 1961 .
  6. Gora Dyul'tydag, peakery.com