Mount Yamantau

Yamantaw
Highest point
Elevation1,640 m (5,380 ft)[1]
ListingMountains of Russia
Coordinates54°15′18″N 58°06′13″E / 54.255°N 58.10365°E / 54.255; 58.10365[1]
Geography
Yamantaw is located in Bashkortostan
Yamantaw
Yamantaw
Yamantaw is located in European Russia
Yamantaw
Yamantaw
CountryRussia
RepublicBashkortostan
DistrictBeloretsky
Protected areaSouth Ural Nature Reserve
Parent rangeUral Mountains
Yamantau
Part of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Mezhgorye, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia
Coordinates54°15′18″N 58°06′07″E / 54.255°N 58.102°E / 54.255; 58.102
TypeUnderground military facility
Site information
Controlled byArmed forces of the Russian Federation
ConditionUnknown
Site history
BuiltUnder construction (2003)
In useUnknown
Garrison information
GarrisonMezhgorye
OccupantsUnknown

Mount Yamantau, or Yamantaw (Bashkir: Ямантау, romanizedYamantaw, Russian: гора Ямантау) is a mountain in the Ural Mountains, located in Beloretsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. Standing at 1,640 metres (5,380 ft), it is the highest mountain in the Southern Ural section, and lies is within the South Ural Nature Reserve.

An extensive secret bunker complex has allegedly been built under Mt. Yamantaw, per United States claims, by the Russian government or Russian Armed Forces, similar to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in the U.S. state of Colorado.

  1. ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Yamantau". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-04-02.