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16-735: Kigilyakhs , rock formations that are an important element of the culture of the Yakuts , are found in the Suor Uyata range. 40 kilometers (25 mi) to the ESE of the eastern end of the range, on the right bank of the Alazeya River , rises the 327 metres (1,073 ft) high Kisilyakh-Tas , another important Kigilyakh site. The Suor Uyata was first mapped in the summer of 1870 by geographer and ethnologist Baron Gerhard von Maydell (1835–1894) during his pioneering research of East Siberia. The Suor Uyata rises in

32-629: A man" or "mountain married". The term "kigilyakh" is a distorted form of the original Yakut "kisilyakh" . Such stones are found in different places of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia , mainly in the East Siberian Lowland : Outside of Yakutia, similar formations are found in the island of Popova-Chukchina and the Putorana Plateau , in Krasnoyarsk Krai . Ferdinand Wrangel reported on the kigilyakhs on Chetyryokhstolbovoy, an island of

48-635: A result of cryogenic weathering . Most kigilyakhs formed during the Cretaceous period and are about 120 million years old. These anthropomorphic rock pillars are an important feature in Yakut culture . Often they are slightly scattered, protruding from the surface of smooth mountains and giving the impression of a standing crowd of people. According to Yakut legends kigilyakhs originated in very ancient people. The Yakut word "kisiliy" means "a place where there are people". Kisilyakh means "mountain having

64-542: Is Norilsk , where foreign travel is restricted . The city is served by Alykel Airport . The area of the mountains contains some of the largest known nickel deposits in the world. The Putorana Plateau is a high-lying plateau crossed by mountain ranges at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau . It is located east of the Yenisei River valley, between 67° and 70° N of latitude, southwest of

80-975: Is a protected area covering some 1,887,251 ha (4,663,500 acres) with a buffer zone of 1,773,300 ha (4,382,000 acres). It was set up to protect the world's largest herd of wild reindeer , as well as snow sheep . In July 2010 , the Putorana Reserve was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga , forest tundra , tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems". The Plateau's minerals include igneous basalt rocks , iron ores ( magnetite and hematite ), silicates ( prehnite , zeolite ), apatites , perovskites and highly saturated copper and nickel ores. The natural resources are presented by abundant water and coal . This Krasnoyarsk Krai location article

96-437: Is a protected area , a regional nature reserve . This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kigilyakh Kigilyakh or kisiliyakh (Russian: кигиляхи ; Yakut : киһилээх , meaning "stone person") are pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated. Usually they are composed of granite or sandstone shaped as

112-402: Is a somewhat milder microclimate owing to the protection afforded by neighboring ranges from the northern winds. The higher elevations within the plateau transition to a tundra climate . Spring, summer and autumn fall respectively in the months of June, July, and August, the remaining months are winter with temperatures between −32 °C (−26 °F) and −40 °C (−40 °F). In July,

128-672: The Anabar Plateau , north of the Syverma and Tunguska plateaus and south of the North Siberian Lowland . The main subranges of the Putorana are the Keta Range , Lontokoisky Kamen , Kharayelakh Range , Chaya-Ayan , Brus Kamen , and Lama Range , among others. The highest mountain in the range system is Mount Kamen which stands 1,678 m (5,505 ft) above sea level and is also

144-675: The Medvezhyi Islands in the East Siberian Sea . He visited the island during his 1821-1823 expedition and named it after them ( Chetyryokhstolbovoy meaning "four pillars"). The kigilyakhs on Chetyryokhstolbovoy Island are about 15 m (49 ft) high. In Soviet times on the Kigilyakh Peninsula at the western end of Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island , one of the New Siberian Islands, Vladimir Voronin , then in charge of

160-602: The Polar station on the island, was shown a large standing rock which had been heavily eroded and which gave its name to the peninsula. Putorana Plateau The Putorana Plateau ( Russian : плато Путорана , romanized :  plato Putorana ) or the Putorana Mountains is a mountainous area in the Russian Federation . It is a large massif or plateau crossed by mountain ranges. The nearest large settlement

176-722: The Sundrun River on the western side. The area of the Suor Uyata is marked by permafrost . The climate is subarctic and severe and the range is covered in mountain tundra . The area of the Suor Uyata is part of the migration corridor of the Sundrun reindeer population, which includes the adjoining Ulakhan-Tas, the Kondakov Plateau to the NW, and the forest tundra of the Rossokha River basin. The Suor Uyata / Ulakhan Tas mountain zone

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192-702: The highest point of the Central Siberian Plateau. Talnikovy Waterfall , is reputedly one of the highest waterfalls in Asia. Lakes on the plateau such as the Dyupkun and Lake Lama are large and form whole ecosystems, which spread over many tens of kilometers. “Putorana” is from the native language of the Evenks and translates to “the country of lakes with steep banks”. The more than 25,000 lakes are between 180 and 420 m (590 and 1,400 ft) deep, and together they form

208-607: The north rises the Ulakhan-Tas (Улахан-Тас), a ridge that stretches roughly northwards for about 40 kilometers (25 mi), whose tallest peak is 576 metres (1,890 ft) high. The Suor Uyata is surrounded on all sides by marshy areas with slow-flowing rivers and a multitude of lakes. The sources of several rivers are on the range, including the Bolshaya Khomus-Yuryakh , Maly Khomus-Yuryakh , Kumuruk-Yuryakh , Soldat and Bya , as well as some source area tributaries of

224-516: The northwestern area of the Kolyma Lowland , only 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the east of the eastern end of the Ulakhan-Sis Range . It is a smaller range than the latter, of which it can be considered an eastern prolongation. The main ridge stretches in a roughly WNW/ESE direction for about 60 kilometers (37 mi). Its highest summit is the 512 metres (1,680 ft) high Salyr-Tas . To

240-758: The second-largest store of fresh water in Russia by capacity after Lake Baikal . Russia's geographical center, Lake Vivi , is situated on the southern limit of the plateau, where it overlaps with the Syverma Plateau . The Putorana area is mainly composed of basalt from the Siberian Traps . The Putorana region is located above the Arctic Circle . The climate is a harsh subarctic , sharply continental , with long, severely cold winters, and short, cool summers. However, in certain lake valleys, such as Lake Lama, there

256-400: The warmest month, average air temperatures stay around 8 °C (46 °F) and may reach a maximum of 16 °C (61 °F). Precipitation is between 500 millimeters (20 in) and 800 millimeters (31 in), falling mainly in the summer in the form of rain. The snow cover in winter is relatively sparse. The Putorana Nature Reserve , established in 1988 and administered from Norilsk,

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