Yudychvumchorr Explained

Yudychvumchorr
Other Name:Юдычвумчорр
Elevation M:1201
Prominence M:1051
Map:Russia Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates:67.7225°N 33.4683°W
Location:Murmansk Oblast,
Russia
Range:Khibiny Mountains
Easiest Route:From Apatity or Kirovsk

Yudychvumchorr (Russian: Юдычвумчорр) is a peak in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the oblast and of the Kola Peninsula. The peak is also the highest point of the European side of the Russian Arctic, not counting Arctic islands.[1] [2]

The name of the mountain originated in the Kildin Sami language.[3]

Description

Yudychvumchorr is a 1201m (3,940feet) high mountain located north of the Arctic Circle in the Khibiny Mountains. The mountain rises in the southwestern sector of the Kola Peninsula.[4] The Malaya Belaya river flows within a deep valley at the foot of the mountain in the south and southeast. Formerly the 1189m (3,901feet) high Chasnachorr had been considered the highest point of the Khibiny.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://peakvisor.com/peak/yudychvumchorr.html Yudychvumchorr, Russia - PeakVisor
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140128005117/http://geo.1september.ru/2006/04/16.htm Физико-географическая статистика России (Physical and geographical statistics of Russia) - Yudychvumchorr
  3. D. A. Dudoreva. Toponymy of the Khibiny, Труды Ферсмановской Научной Сессии Ги Кнц Ран. 2010 - Issue 7 — ISSN 2074-2479
  4. [Google Earth]