Mount Dyultydag

Gora Dyultydag
Гора Дюльтыдаг
Gora Dyultydag
Location of Dyultydag in the Caucasus mountains
Highest point
Elevation 4,127 m (13,540 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,834 m (6,017 ft)
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 41°57′34″N 46°55′20″E / 41.95944°N 46.92222°E / 41.95944; 46.92222Coordinates: 41°57′34″N 46°55′20″E / 41.95944°N 46.92222°E / 41.95944; 46.92222 [2]
Geography
Location Dagestan, Russia
Parent range Caucasus Mountains

Gora Dyultydag, or simply Dyultydag (Russian: Дюльтыдаг), is a mountain located in Dagestan, Russia.

Toponymy

Dyultydag refers to both a mountain range[3] and its higher summit, Gora Dyultydag.[4]

Sometimes the Cyrillic name Дюльтыдаг is transliterated as Dyul'tydag.[5]

Geography

The mountain belongs to the Samur basin. Its peak stands about 15 km (9 mi) north of the border with Azerbaijan. The closest town to Dyultydag is Tsurib[5] (Charodinsky District). In 1961 its summit was reported as perennial snow-capped.[4] At an elevation of 4127 m Gora Dyultydag is Dagestan's fifth-highest mountain and the 45th-highest in Russia.[5]

Mapping

Various maps, some of Soviet military origin, may be found on the internet, usually in Cyrillic.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gora Dyultydag, Russia". Peakbagger.com.
  2. ↑ Гора Дюльтыдаг: Russia, web-page on www.geographic.org
  3. ↑ Moscow University Geology Bulletin, Volume 35. Allerton Press. 1980.
  4. 1 2 Florinsky, Michael T. Florinsky (1961). McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union. McGraw-Hill.
  5. 1 2 3 Gora Dyul'tydag, peakery.com
  6. ↑ Maps of the area on maps.vlasenko.net

See also


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