Gora Dyultydag
Гора Дюльтыдаг
Gora Dyultydag is located in Caucasus mountains
Gora Dyultydag
Gora Dyultydag
Location of Dyultydag in the Caucasus mountains
Gora Dyultydag is located in Republic of Dagestan
Gora Dyultydag
Gora Dyultydag
Gora Dyultydag (Republic of Dagestan)
Highest point
Elevation4,127 m (13,540 ft)[1]
Prominence1,834 m (6,017 ft)
Isolation69.35 km (43.09 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingUltra
Coordinates41°57′34″N 46°55′20″E / 41.95944°N 46.92222°E / 41.95944; 46.92222[2]
Geography
LocationDagestan, Russia
Country Dagestan
Parent rangeLateral Range
Caucasus Mountains

Gora Dyultydag, or simply Dyultydag (Russian: Дюльтыдаг), is a mountain located in Dagestan, Russia. At 4,127 m (13,540 ft) elevation, it is the highest point of the Dyultydag range of the Greater Caucasus.[1][3]

Toponymy

Dyultydag refers to both a mountain range[4] and its higher summit, Gora Dyultydag.[5]

Sometimes the Cyrillic name Дюльтыдаг is transliterated as Dyul'tydag.[6]

Geography

The mountain belongs to the Samur basin. Its peak stands about 15 km (9 mi) north of the border with Azerbaijan. The closest village to Dyultydag is Archib in Charodinsky District. In 1961 its summit was reported as perennial snow-capped.[5] At an elevation of 4127 m Gora Dyultydag is Dagestan's fifth-highest mountain and the 45th-highest in Russia.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Soviet military map K-38-82 (1:100,000)
  2. ^ Гора Дюльтыдаг: Russia, web-page on www.geographic.org
  3. ^ Soviet military map K-38-23 (1:200,000)
  4. ^ Moscow University Geology Bulletin, Volume 35. Allerton Press. 1980.
  5. ^ a b Florinsky, Michael T. Florinsky (1961). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union. McGraw-Hill.
  6. ^ a b Gora Dyul'tydag, peakery.com

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