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Mount Kosvinsky Kamen, Kosvinsky Mountain, Kosvinski Mountain,[1] Kosvinsky Rock or Rostesnoy Rock (Russian: Косвинский камень, Косьвинский камень, Ростесной камень) is a mountain in the northern Urals, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[2][3]
| Kosvinsky Kamen | |
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| Косвинский камень | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,519 m (4,984 ft) |
| Coordinates | 59°31′N 59°03′E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Russia |
| Parent range | Ural Mountains |
Its summit is bare of vegetation with an uneven rocky surface and small lakes fed by melting snow. The Kosva River flows from the mountain, hence the name.[3]
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia describes Kosvinsky Rock as "mountain massif" of height 1,519 m.[4] Its constitution is pyroxenites and dunites of lower and middle Paleozoic era. The slopes are covered with conifers with some birch up to 900–1000 m, with alpine tundra above.[5]
Military
According to a 1 April 1997 article in the Washington Times, a CIA report claimed that there were construction works for a "nuclear-survivable, strategic command post at Kosvinsky Mountain".[6] It was designed to resist US earth penetrating weapons and serves a similar role as the American Cheyenne Mountain Complex.[6] The timing of the Kosvinsky completion date is regarded as one explanation for US interest in a new nuclear bunker buster and the declaration of the deployment of the B61 Mod 11 in 1997: Kosvinsky is protected by about 1,000 feet (300 m) of granite.[7]
It is claimed that the command post of the Perimeter system is in the bunker under Kosvinsky Kamen mountain.[8][9]
See also
- Mount Yamantau - another Soviet/Russian subterranean facility
References
- Austin, Greg; Muraviev, Alexey D. (10 May 2000). The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia. I.B. Tauris. p. 187. ISBN 978-1860644856.
- Brockhaus and Efron describe its location within the Russian Empire as Verkhoturye uyezd, Perm Governorate, in the okrug of the Bogoslovsky copper plant (Богословский медноплавильный завод)
- Косвинский камень, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian)
- Brockhaus and Efron say that its elevation is 2,375 ft., mountain foot circumference is about 40 km.
- "Косвинский камень," Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- "Moscow builds bunkers against nuclear attack", by Bill Gertz, Washington Times, 1 April 1997
- "Kosvinsky Mountain, Kos'vinskiy Kamen', Gora, MT 59°31'00"N 59°04'00"E, Russia". Global Security. Weapons of mass destruction.
- Ron Rosenbaum, Slate magazine "The Return of the Doomsday Machine?", 31 August 2007.
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На других языках
- [en] Kosvinsky Kamen
[fr] Kosvinski Kamen
Le Kosvinski Kamen, ou mont Kosvinski[2] ou Rostesnoï Kamen (russe : Косвинский камень, Косьвинский камень, Ростесной камень), est une montagne dans de l'Oural septentrional, dans l'oblast de Sverdlovsk, en Russie[3],[4].[it] Kos'vinskij Kamen'
Il Kos'vinskij Kamen' (in russo: Косьвинский Камень?) è una montagna della Russia che si trova all'estremo sud nella catena degli Urali settentrionali.[ru] Косьвинский Камень
Ко́сьвинский Камень[1] — горный массив, расположенный рядом с Конжаковским Камнем, Северный Урал, Свердловская область (Россия)[2]. Форма куполовидная, вершина плоская. Сложен в основном пироксенитами и дунитами нижнего и среднего палеозоя. Разведано месторождение платины. В нижней части до 800—900 м склоны покрыты хвойными лесами, а выше — горной тундрой и каменными россыпями. У восточного подножия, в 7 км от вершины стоит посёлок Кытлым, связанный автодорогой с городом Карпинск.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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