Yudychvumchorr () is a peak in

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. It is the highest point of the oblast and of the

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. The peak is also the highest point of the European side of the

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, not counting Arctic islands.Yudychvumchorr, Russia - PeakVisor
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Kildin Sami language Kildin may refer to: * Kildin Island Kildin (also Kilduin; , North Sami: Gieldasuolu) is a small Russian island in the Barents Sea, off the Russian shore and about 120 km from Norway. Administratively, Kildin belongs to the Murmansk Obla ...

.D. A. Dudoreva. ''Toponymy of the Khibiny'', Труды Ферсмановской Научной Сессии Ги Кнц Ран. 2010 - Issue 7 — ISSN 2074-2479

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Yudychvumchorr is a high mountain located north of the

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in the

Khibiny Mountains The Khibiny Mountains ( ; ) is one of the two main mountain ranges of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, within the Arctic Circle, located between Imandra Lake, Imandra and Umbozero Lake, Umbozero lakes. The range is also known as Khibiny Massif, Khibin ...

. The mountain rises in the southwestern sector of the

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The Malaya Belaya river flows within a deep valley at the foot of the mountain in the south and southeast. Formerly the high Chasnachorr had been considered the highest point of the Khibiny.

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Wikimapia - Picture#Юдычвумчорр #yudychvumchorr
Yudychvumchorr Mountains of Murmansk Oblast Sápmi {{MurmanskOblast-geo-stub

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