Pay-Khoy Range


The Pay-Khoy Range is a mountain range at the northern end of the Ural Mountains. It lies within the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Geography

The ridge is extended from northwest to southeast. It is located on the Yugorsky Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The ridge continues to Vaygach Island, thus separating the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea. The highest point of Pay-Khoy is the mountain of Moreiz. The range separates the drainage basins of the and the Kara River.
The areas around Pay-Khoy do not have permanent population. The closest permanent settlements are Amderma and Ust-Kara, Nenets Autonomous Okrug The range is located in the tundra, to the north of the tree line.
The climate in the Pai-Khoi area is subarctic. Winter here lasts up to 230 days, with the average annual air temperature being -9 °C. The annual rainfall reaches 700 mm. The region is part of the permafrost zone

Geology

The Pay-Khoy range forms a curved orogen together with the Ural Mountains, Vaygach Island and the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. The Pay-Khoy and Novaya Zemlya are younger than the orogeny that formed the Ural mountains. They were formed during the Cimmerian Orogeny between the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic.