| Kosvinsky Kamen | |
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| Косвинский камень | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,519 m (4,984 ft) |
| Coordinates | 59°31′N 59°03′E / 59.517°N 59.050°E |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Russia |
| Parent range | Ural Mountains |
Mount Kosvinsky Kamen, Kosvinsky Mountain, Kosvinski Mountain,[1] Kosvinsky Rock or Rostesnoy Rock (Russian: Косвинский камень, Косьвинский камень, Ростесной камень) is a mountain in the northern Urals, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[2][3]
Its summit is bare of vegetation with an uneven rocky surface and small lakes fed by melting snow. The Kosva River flows from the mountain, hence the name.[3]
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia describes Kosvinsky Rock as "mountain massif" of height 1,519 m.[4] Its constitution is pyroxenites and dunites of lower and middle Paleozoic era. The slopes are covered with conifers with some birch up to 900–1,000 m, with alpine tundra above.[5]
- ^ Austin, Greg; Muraviev, Alexey D. (10 May 2000). The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia. I.B. Tauris. p. 187. ISBN 978-1860644856.
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron describe its location within the Russian Empire as Verkhoturye uyezd, Perm Governorate, in the okrug of the Bogoslovsky copper plant (Богословский медноплавильный завод)
- ^ a b Косвинский камень, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian)
- ^ Brockhaus and Efron say that its elevation is 2,375 ft., mountain foot circumference is about 40 km.
- ^ "Косвинский камень," Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)