Yuraktau
Sign in to saveYuraktau () is one of the four shihans, located in Ishimbaysky District, on the border with the city Sterlitamak. It is a remainder of a reef, the Lower Permian (Late Paleozoic) reef massif, formed over 230 million years ago in the tropical sea.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Yuraktau
- Mountain.photo
- Гора Юрак-Тау с высоты 85м.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Yuraktau. View from the height of 85 meters.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 338
- Mountain.prominence
- 200
- Mountain.map
- Russia Bashkortostan#European Russia
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location
- Mountain.location
- Ishimbaysky District, Bashkortostan, Russia
- Mountain.range
- Southern Ural
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- protected area of Russia
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Sterlitamaksky District
- Image
- Гора Юрак-Тау с высоты 85м.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yuraktau
- mountain range
- Southern Ural
- described by source
- Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Physiographic characteristics
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Yuraktau () is one of the four shihans, located in Ishimbaysky District, on the border with the city Sterlitamak. It is a remainder of a reef, the Lower Permian (Late Paleozoic) reef massif, formed over 230 million years ago in the tropical sea.
This natural monument may be destroyed by The Bashkir soda company and Russian authorities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yuraktau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.