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For the: mountain in Greenland, see Payer Peak.
Mountain in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

Mount Payer
Пайер
Mount Payer is located in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Mount Payer
Mount Payer
Location in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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Mount Payer is located in Russia
Mount Payer
Mount Payer
Mount Payer (Russia)
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Highest point
Elevation1,472 m (4,829 ft)
Prominence1,153 m (3,783 ft)
Isolation213.9 km (132.9 mi)
Coordinates66°43′15″N 64°23′30″E / 66.72083°N 64.39167°E / 66.72083; 64.39167
Geography
LocationYamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,
Russia
Parent rangePolar Urals
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Yeletsky, Kharp/Labytnangi

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.

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

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. 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).

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