Ilmen
Russia, Chelyabinsk region, the Southern Urals, the vicinity of the city of Miassa.
Description:
The Ilmen Mountains are a group of ridges in the Southern Urals, in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia, in the vicinity of the city of Miassa. The highest point of the mountains is Mount Ilmentau, its height is 753 meters, the next highest mountain Ishkul has a height of 660 meters.
The Ilmen mountains are very picturesque - they are covered with forests of pine trees, larchs, birches, they have many meadows, swamps. The Ilmen Mountains are bordered from the east by a forest-lake area, and from the west beyond the valley of the Miass River is the main mass of the ridges of the Ural Mountains. They are the eastern border of the Ural Mountains at their geographical latitude. famous lakes located in the mountains - Ilmenskoye, Miasovo, Chebarkul and Argayat.
The entire territory of the Ilmen Mountains is part of the Ilmensky Reserve. In the mountains there is a mineral monazite, and in the mountain veins find ilmenite, apatite, pomegranate, topaz.