Yuraktau

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Yuraktau
Yuraktau. View from the height of 85 meters.
Highest point
Elevation	338 m (1,109 ft)
Prominence	200
Coordinates	53°44′30″N 56°05′51″E / 53.7417°N 56.0975°E / 53.7417; 56.0975Coordinates: 53°44′30″N 56°05′51″E / 53.7417°N 56.0975°E / 53.7417; 56.0975
Geography
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Location	Ishimbaysky District, Bashkortostan, Russia
Parent range	Southern Ural

Yuraktau (Bashkir: Йөрәктау — «a heart mountain») - one of the four shihans, located in Ishimbaysky District, on the border with the city Sterlitamak. The remainder of the reef, the Lower Permian (Late Paleozoic) reef massif, formed over 230 million years ago in the tropical sea.

This is natural monument may be destroyed by The Bashkir soda company and Russian authorities.^[1][2]

Physiographic characteristic[]

Length - 1 km, width 850 m, height - above the Belaya River- 220 m, above the soil level - 200 m, the absolute height above the sea level - 338 m.^[3]

Has a conical shape. Slopes - 20-30 degrees, but do not form rocky ledges. The lower part is covered with scree. At the base of the northern slope of the mountain are springs, one of which is sulphurous.

At the foot of Yuraktau is located the lake Moksha.

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