The Suor Uyata ( rus, Суор-Уята; sah, Суор Уйата) is a mountain range in the
Sakha Republic,
Far Eastern Federal District
The Far Eastern Federal District (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is the largest of the eight federal districts of Russia but the least populated, with a p ...
, Russia.
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Andryushkino (russian: Андрюшкино; sah, Андрюшкино) is a rural locality (a '' selo''), the only inhabited settlement and the administrative center of Rural National Yukagir Settlement of "Olerinsky Suktul" of Nizhnekolymsky ...
, a small inhabited locality of the Lower Kolyma District
Nizhnekolymsky District (russian: Нижнеколы́мский улу́с; sah, Аллараа Халыма улууһа, ''Allaraa Khalyma uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III distric ...
, is located to the SSE.[ Google Earth]
Kigilyakh
Kigilyakh or kisiliyakh ( rus, кигиляхи; sah, киһилээх, meaning "stone person") are tall, pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated. Usually they are composed of granite or s ...
s, rock formation
A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock formation'' can also refer to specific sedime ...
s that are an important element of the culture of the Yakuts
The Yakuts, or the Sakha ( sah, саха, ; , ), are a Turkic ethnic group who mainly live in the Republic of Sakha in the Russian Federation, with some extending to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions, and the Taymyr and Evenk Districts ...
, are found in the Suor Uyata range. to the ESE of the eastern end of the range, on the right bank of the Alazeya River
The Alazeya ( rus, Алазея, r=; sah, Алаһыай, translit=Alahıay) is a river in the northeastern part of Yakutia, Russia which flows into the Arctic between the basins of the larger Indigirka to the west and the Kolyma to the east.
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, rises the high