Mount Payer Explained

Mount Payer
Other Name:Пайер
Elevation M:1472
Prominence M:1153
Isolation Km:213.9
Isolation Ref:[1]
Map:Russia Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug#Russia
Coordinates:66.7208°N 64.3917°W
Location:Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Russia
Range:Polar Urals
Easiest Route:From Yeletsky, Kharp or Labytnangi

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.[2]

The name of the mountain originated in the Nenets language "pai/er" (пай/ер), meaning "rock/master".[3] [4]

Description

Mount Payer is a 1472m (4,829feet) 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 1472m (4,829feet) high flat-topped rocky summit. The western peak is 1330m (4,360feet) high, and the eastern 1217m (3,993feet).[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.peakbagger.com/Isolate.aspx?pid=74510 Isolation for Gora Payer - Peakbagger
  2. https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=74510 Gora Payer - Peakbagger
  3. https://rus-komi-toponyms-dict.slovaronline.com/382-%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80 Пайер - Топонимическом словаре Республики Коми (Toponymic Dictionary of the Komi Republic)
  4. https://nashural.ru/mesta/hanty-mansijskij-ao/gora-pajer/ Гора Пайер - Наш Урал
  5. Web site: Топографска карта Q-41, A, B-1; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian). 31 December 2021.
  6. [Google Earth]