| Kholat Syakhl | |
|---|---|
  Kholat Syakhl Location relative to European Russia  Kholat Syakhl Kholat Syakhl (Sverdlovsk Oblast) .jpg) Kholat Syakhl Kholat Syakhl (European Russia) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,096.7 m (3,598 ft) |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Холатчахль (Russian) |
| English translation | Silent Mountain |
| Geography | |
| Location | Komi Republic and Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia |
| Parent range | Ural Mountains |
Kholat Syakhl, a transliteration of Mansi Holatchahl meaning "dead mountain"[1] or "silent peak", is a mountain in the northern Ural region of Russia, on the border between the Komi Republic and Sverdlovsk Oblast near the northeast corner of Perm Krai.
On February 2, 1959, a group of ski hikers led by Igor Dyatlov mysteriously perished on the east shoulder of Kyolat Syakhl (not Otorten, as is sometimes erroneously reported). This Dyatlov Pass incident is the main reason that people outside the immediate area in Russia have heard of this remote peak.
- ^ Eichar, Donnie Dead Mountain: The True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Chronicle Books, October 22, 2013, ISBN 1-452-11274-6), p. 19.