Kisilyakh-Tas

Kisilyakh-Tas (Russian: гора Кисилях-Тас) is a mountain in Yakutia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively it belongs to the Lower Kolyma District.

For the mountain chain of the Chersky system, see Kisilyakh Range.
Kisilyakh-Tas
Кисилях-Тас
Kisilyakh-Tas
Location in Sakha, Russia
Highest point
Elevation327 m (1,073 ft)
Coordinates69.7021615°N 154.9916571°E / 69.7021615; 154.9916571 [1]
Dimensions
Area20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Geography
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
Type of rockGranite-porphyry[2]
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Andryushkino

This mountain is one of the renowned places of Yakutia where kigilyakhs are found. The largest of them are between 10 meters (33 ft) and 30 meters (98 ft) in height.[3] Kigilyakhs are rock formations that are held in high esteem by Yakuts.[4][5] Kisilyakh means "Mountain having a man" or "Mountain married" in the Yakut language.[6]

Geography

Mount Kisilyakh-Tas is a small, isolated mountain massif of the Kolyma Lowland, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) east of the Suor Uyata range. It rises above the tundra on the right bank of the Alazeya River, roughly 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of the river's mouth in the shores of the East Siberian Sea.[4]

Kisilyakh-Tas is located in a flat area, where there are only two other mountains nearby, a higher one to the SW and a smaller one to the west, both on the other side of the river. The three mountains are roughly at the same distance from each other.[1]

Andryushkino, the only inhabited place nearby, is located 60 kilometers (37 mi) to the SSW of Kisilyakh-Tas mountain, up the Alazeya.[7] The mountain is difficult to reach in the summer, but could be reached in April on a snowmobile if the weather is fine.[8]

Map section of Suor Uyata Range and Mount Kisilyakh-Tas (arrow)

See also

References
  1. Topographic map - Chokurdakh
  2. Владимир Шумилов, Геологические очерки по Восточной Сибири и Северо-Востоку Российской Федерации, p. 120 (Vladimir Shumilov, Geological essays on Eastern Siberia and the Northeastern Russian Federation)
  3. Село Андрюшкино и его обитатели (Andryushkino village and its inhabitants)
  4. Murzin Yuri Andreyevich, Kigilyakhi of Yakutia
  5. Якутия. Иллюстрированный путеводитель, p. 14 (Yakutia. An Illustrated Guide).
  6. ЛАНДШАФТЫ КАК ОТРАЖЕНИЕ ТОПОНИМОВ ЯКУТИИ (Landscapes as a Reflection of the Toponyms of Yakutia)
  7. Google Earth
  8. Unknown landscapes of the planet. New photo expedition project. Yakutia
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