Zhiguli Mountains
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range of mountains in Russia
Key facts
- Peak
- Nablyudatel
- Elevation
- 381.2 m (1,251 ft)
- Length
- 60 km (37 mi)
- Width
- 32 km (20 mi)
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Samara Oblast
- Parent range
- Volga Upland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- upland
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Continent
- Europe
- Area
- 1585
- Elevation
- 381
- Image
- Массив Жигулей панорама.jpg
- Width
- 32
- Length
- 60
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- Commons category
- Zhiguli Mountains
- mountain range
- Volga Upland
- native label
- Жигулёвские горы
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Encyclopedic overview
The Zhiguli Mountains (Russian: Жигулëвские горы) or simply Zhiguli (Russian: Жигули́, IPA: [ʐɨɡʊˈlʲi] ), are a range of wooded mountains located in Russia on the right bank of the Volga River, inside the Samara Bend. The mountains are an important source of limestone and oil (extracted since World War II) and are also popular as a scenic area for local and regional tourism. Their altitude reaches a maximum of 381.2 m (1,251 ft). The range is named for a nearby town Zhigulyovka (no longer extant), itself probably named for an early inhabitant, Zhegul (Russian: Жегуль). Formerly, the range was known as the Lada, after the river pirate boats (ладья) who used to hide out in its wooded valleys, a name which is still in popular local usage.
Geography and geology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zhiguli Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.