Mount Payer

For the mountain in Greenland, see Payer Peak.

Mount Payer (Russian: Пайер) is a peak in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the highest point of the okrug and of the Polar Urals, as well as one of the highest of the wider Ural mountain system.^[1]

Mount Payer
Пайер
Mount Payer Location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia Show map of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Mount Payer Mount Payer (Russia) Show map of Russia
Highest point
Elevation	1,472 m (4,829 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,153 m (3,783 ft)[1]
Isolation	213.9 km (132.9 mi)[2]
Listing	Ribu
Coordinates	66°43′15″N 64°23′30″E[1]
Geography
Location	Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Parent range	Polar Urals
Climbing
Easiest route	From Yeletsky, Kharp or Labytnangi

The name of the mountain originated in the Nenets language "pai/er" (пай/ер), meaning "rock/master".^[3][4]

Description

Mount Payer is a 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high mountain located near the Arctic Circle in the Polar Urals, a subrange of the Urals. It rises in the middle part of the range, in Shuryshkarsky District, near the border of the Komi Republic.^[5][6] The mountain has three peaks, the highest of which is a 1,472 metres (4,829 ft) high flat-topped rocky summit. The western peak is 1,330 metres (4,360 ft) high, and the eastern 1,217 metres (3,993 ft).^[4]

See also

• List of highest points of Russian federal subjects
• List of mountains and hills of Russia