Verkhny Zub

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Verkhny Zub
Верхний Зуб / Амзас-Таскыл / Тигір тізі
Verkhny Zub is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Verkhny Zub
Verkhny Zub
Location in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Highest point
Elevation2,178 m (7,146 ft)[1]
Prominence385 m (1,263 ft)[1]
Coordinates53°50′17″N 89°14′14″E / 53.83806°N 89.23722°E / 53.83806; 89.23722Coordinates: 53°50′17″N 89°14′14″E / 53.83806°N 89.23722°E / 53.83806; 89.23722[1]
Geography
LocationKemerovo Oblast,
Russia
Parent rangeKuznetsk Alatau
South Siberian Mountains

Verkhny Zub (Russian: Верхний Зуб; Shor: Амзас-Таскыл;[2] Khakas: Тигір тізі) is a peak in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the federal subject.[1]

The name of the mountain in the Khakas language "Тигір тізі" means "heavenly tooth".[3] The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a protected area.[4]

Description[]

Verkhny Zub is a 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) high mountain located in the Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberian System.[1] It rises in the southern area of the range, in the Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of Khakassia.[5][6]

At the foot of the mountain there are numerous cirque lakes. Dark coniferous taiga grows on the lower mountain slopes. On steep slopes up to a height of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) there is mountain tundra, above which there is the nival zone with snowfields at the top.[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Gora Verkhniy Zub - Peak Visor
  2. ^ Сибирская Советская энциклопедия. Том первый. А - Ж p. 96
  3. ^ Kuznetsk Alatau - Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Кузнецкий Алатау, государственный природный заповедник (Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve)
  5. ^ "Топографска карта N-45, G; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ Google Earth
  7. ^ Энциклопедия Республики Хакасия: [в 2 т.] (Encyclopedia of the Republic of Khakassia) / Правительство Респ. Хакасия; [науч.-ред. совет.: В. А. Кузьмин (пред.) и др.]. — Абакан: Поликор, 2007. Т. 1: [А — Н]. — 2007. — 430, [2] с.: ил., портр. — Библиогр. в конце слов. ст. С. 109.

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