Iremel ( ba, Ирәмәл, russian: Иремель) is a compact
mountain
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ridge in the Southern
Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...
in the republic of
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
,
Russian Federation
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(bordering with
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the ...
to the north-west). The highest peak, Bolshoy Iremel (''Big Iremel''), or simply Iremel, stands at 1589 metres (5200 ft) high. Maly Iremel (''Small Iremel''), 6 kilometers north-east, stands at 1449 meters. It is the source of the
River Belaya.
The highest peak of the South Urals,
Mount Yamantaw
Yamantau ( ba, Ямантау, russian: гора Ямантау) is a mountain in the Ural Mountains, located in Beloretsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. Standing at 1,640 metres (5,381 ft) it is the highest mountain in the Southern Ura ...
(1638 meters) is located 53 kilometers south-west from Bolshoy Iremel.
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Mountains of Bashkortostan
Natural monuments of Russia
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