| Tulymsky Kamen | |
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| Тулымский камень | |
View on Tulymsky Kamen from the Vishera River |
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| Elevation | 1,496 m (4,908 ft) |
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Tulymsky Kamen (Russian: Тулымский камень) is a mountain range in North Ural. Located in northeastern portion of Krasnovishersky District, Perm Krai, Russia. Stretches from north to south and reaches in length about 24 km, in width 7 km (at the widest part). Highest point is 1,496 m, that also highest point of Perm Krai.
Slopes are steep, western slope on average steeper than eastern. Western slope is a source of some small tributaries of Vishera River. Located on area of Vishera Nature Reserve.
Word ‘Tulym’ in some Tatar dialects means ‘rocks sticking out of the river’ and in Komi-Yodzyak language it means ‘rapids’, that can be explained that there are some rapids on Vishera River opposite of range. In Mansi language range has two names: ‘Yaktyl-ya-Nyor’ (range of rapids river) and ‘Luv-Nyor’ (horse-stone).