| 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]
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]