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Ynnakh Mountain
Mountain in Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ynnakh Mountain, also known as Arga Ynnakh Khaya[4] (Russian: Арга Ыннах Хая), Gora Ulakhan Ynnakh[1] (Russian: Гора Улахан Ыннах) and as Mother Mountain (Russian: Мать-Гора),[5] is a mountain in Verkhoyansky District, Yakutia, Russian Federation.
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The mountain has been classified as a natural monument of Russia with number 1420068.[citation needed] It is an important mountain in Yakut culture, where the word "Ynnakh" comes from Yakut: Ыыннаах, romanized: Iınnâx, meaning scary, creepy.[6]
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Geography
Ynnakh Mountain is a granite massif located north of the Yana Plateau between the Yana River and the Adycha, a right hand tributary of the Yana. The mountain rises at the western limit of the Chersky Range, near the eastern foothills of the Verkhoyansk Range, a few miles to the southeast of Ese-Khayya.[7]
The height of the summit is 1,609 metres (5,279 ft) according to the Operational Navigation Chart.[1] According to other sources it is 1,622 metres (5,322 ft) high.[5] The mineral kesterite is found in the mountain.[4]
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Flora
There is sparse forest in the lower slopes and at the feet of the mountain. Mid and higher elevations have mountain tundra with mosses and lichens.[3][8]
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