Putorana Plateau

The Putorana Plateau (Russian: плато Путорана) or the Putorana Mountains is a high-lying basalt plateau, a mountainous area at the northwestern edge of the Central Siberian Plateau, to the south from Taymyr Peninsula. The highest mountain in the range is Mount Kamen which stands 1,700 m above sea level.

The plateau is composed of Siberian Traps. The nearest large settlement is the closed city of Norilsk. The area contains some of the largest known nickel deposits. The geographical center of Russia, Lake Vivi, is situated on Putorana Plateau.

Typical Putorana landscape		Location of the Putorana Plateau in Siberia		A bird's-eye view

Nature Reserve

Main article: Putorana Nature Reserve

The Putorana Nature Reserve (ru), established in 1988 and administered from Norilsk, covers some 1 887 251 ha with a buffer zone of 1 773 300 ha. It was set up to protect the world's largest herd of reindeer as well as Bighorn Sheep.

In July 2010, the Putorana Reserve was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems".^[1]

Online sources

1. ^ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1234

• Official website of the Putorana Nature Reserve
• The Putorana Plateau Natural Heritage

Protection Fund.

External links

• UNESCO World Heritage Site datasheet

Coordinates: 69°00′N 93°00′E / 69°N 93°E / 69; 93

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