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The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова, romanized: Gibel turgruppy Dyatlova, lit. 'Death of the Dyatlov Hiking Group') was an event in which nine Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1 and 2, 1959, under uncertain circumstances.
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.
Khamar-Daban, a mountain range in southern Siberia, in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, was a popular tourist hiking spot.In the summer of 1993, Lyudmila Korovina of the Petropavl "Azimut" tourist club, [1] an experienced hiking instructor and a Master of Sports in hiking, planned a hiking trip to the Khamar-Daban mountains. [2]
The mountain is located 20 km southeast of the Sukkozero settlement, 35 km northeast of the Gimoly settlement, and 40 km southwest of the large lake (reservoir) Segozero. Vottovaara is the highest point of the West Karelian Upland, standing at 417.3 meters above sea level. The mountain covers an area of 6 km 2. [citation needed]
Lake Karachay (Russian: Карача́й), sometimes spelled Karachai or Karachaj, was a small lake in the southern Ural Mountains in central Russia.Starting in 1951, the Soviet Union used Karachay as a dumping site for radioactive waste from Mayak, the nearby nuclear waste storage and reprocessing facility, located near the town of Ozyorsk (then called Chelyabinsk-40).
Kikhpinych (Russian: Кихпиныч) is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, [1] which feeds the famous Valley of Geysers.. At its foot is a 2-by-0.5-km (1.2-by-0.3-mi) area known as the "Valley of Death", where volcanic gases accumulate and kill birds and mammals that enter the valley.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Third highest peak of Russia Pik Pushkina [4] Пик Пушкина 5100 m 16,732 ft: 50 m 164 ft: 0.27 km 0.17 mi Bokovoy Range Greater Caucasus Kabardino-Balkaria: Located in the mountain massif of Dykh-Tau Jangi-Tau [5] Джангитау 5085 m