Verkhny Zub
Верхний Зуб / Амзас-Таскыл / Тигір тізі
Verkhny Zub is located in Kemerovo Oblast
Verkhny Zub
Verkhny Zub
Location in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Verkhny Zub is located in Russia
Verkhny Zub
Verkhny Zub
Verkhny Zub (Russia)
Highest point
Elevation2,178 m (7,146 ft)[1]
Prominence385 m (1,263 ft)[1]
Coordinates53°50′17″N 89°14′14″E / 53.83806°N 89.23722°E / 53.83806; 89.23722[1]
Geography
LocationKemerovo Oblast,
Russia
Parent rangeKuznetsk Alatau
South Siberian Mountains

Verkhny Zub (Russian: Верхний Зуб; Shor: Амзас-Таскыл;[2] Khakas: Тигір тізі) is a peak in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the federal subject.[1]

The name of the mountain in the Khakas language "Тигір тізі" means "heavenly tooth".[3] The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a protected area.[4]

Description

Verkhny Zub is a 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) high mountain located in the Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberian System.[1] It rises in the southern area of the range, in the Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of Khakassia.[5][6]

At the foot of the mountain there are numerous cirque lakes. Dark coniferous taiga grows on the lower mountain slopes. On steep slopes up to a height of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) there is mountain tundra, above which there is the nival zone with snowfields at the top.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Gora Verkhniy Zub - Peak Visor
  2. ↑ Сибирская Советская энциклопедия. Том первый. А - Ж p. 96
  3. ↑ Kuznetsk Alatau - Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ Кузнецкий Алатау, государственный природный заповедник (Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve)
  5. ↑ "Топографска карта N-45, G; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Google Earth
  7. ↑ Энциклопедия Республики Хакасия: [в 2 т.] (Encyclopedia of the Republic of Khakassia) / Правительство Респ. Хакасия; [науч.-ред. совет.: В. А. Кузьмин (пред.) и др.]. — Абакан: Поликор, 2007. Т. 1: [А — Н]. — 2007. — 430, [2] с.: ил., портр. — Библиогр. в конце слов. ст. С. 109.
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