| Ynnakh Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Arga Ynnakh Khaya Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh Mat Gora | |
 View of the mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,609 m (5,279 ft) |
| Listing | Mountains of Russia |
| Coordinates | 67°25′N 134°52′E / 67.417°N 134.867°E / 67.417; 134.867 |
| Dimensions | |
| Area | 134 km (52 sq mi) |
| Geography | |
  Ynnakh MountainSakha Republic, Russia
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| Parent range | Chersky Range |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Granite massif |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | From Ese-Khayya |
Ynnakh Mountain, also known as Arga Ynnakh Khaya (Russian: Арга Ыннах Хая), Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh (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.
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.
The height of the summit is 1,609 metres (5,279 ft) according to the Operational Navigation Chart. According to other sources it is 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) high. The mineral kesterite is found in the mountain.
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Image: Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-6,_3rd_edition.jpg". commons.wikimedia.org. April 1975. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Moss Flora of the Yana-Adycha Plateau
- ^ Mineral Catalogue - Кестерит (in Russian)
- ^ Palaeoclimate characteristics in interior Siberia of MIS 6–2: First insights from the Batagay permafrost mega-thaw slump in the Yana Highlands
- Toponymy of Regional Cultural Landscapes - Verkhoyansk District, Sakha (Yakutia) (in Russian)
- ИНВЕСТИЦИОННЫЙ ПАСПОРТ муниципального образования «Верхоянский район» Республики Саха (Якутия) (in Russian)
- CNALH Collection Search Parameters
External links
Media related to Mat-Gora at Wikimedia Commons- Beauty to share - Yakutia
- Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya granite Massif, Yana-Adycha Region
- Wolframoixiolite in lithium-fluoric granites of the Arga-Ynnakh-Khaysky massif, Yakutia
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