The Čiurlionis Mountain () is a basalt mountain plateau by the Tikhaya Bay at the Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia.
In 1957, Aalenian deposits over the Upper Jurassic deposits were reported at the mountain.В. Д. ДИБНЕР, Н. И. ШУЛЬГИНА РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ СТРАТИГРАФИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ МОРСКИХ СРЕДНЕЮРСКИХ И ВЕРХНЕЮРСКИХ ОТЛОЖЕНИИ ЗЕМЛИ ФРАНЦА-ИОСИФА в 1953—1957 гг archived
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The memoirs of polar explorer and artist who saw the area when he was taking part in a 1913 polar expedition of Georgy Sedov say: "On the foggy days when we saw these headlands, they resembled the visions of the fantasy painter Čiurlionis". Latter writers attributed the naming to Pinegin. A member of another expedition to the area, Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Markin, published a photo in his book, from which it can be concluded that the inspiration was the painting Stillness by Čiurlionis.Феликс Розинер, "Гимн солнцу", 1974, a biographical novel about Čiurlionis, Chapter 5Николай Пинегин, "В ледяных просторах", p. 342Čiurlionio kalnai. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija ["Lithuanian Soviet Encyclopedia"], Vol. 1. 1 Vilnius, 1985. Vyacheslav Markin suggests the name of the bay, "Tikhaya" ("Still, "Quiet") was inspired by the name of the painting.
Later the mountain was split into two objects: its plateau foothills were named Čiurlionis Plateau (плато Чюрлениса) and its iceberg-covered dome was called Čiurlionis Dome (купол Чюрлениса).Ледяной венец планеты (Маркин Вячеслав Алексеевич)
The Russian-language name ("Гора Чурляниса", "Gora Churlyanisa") reflects the archaic Russian transliteration of the artist's name. During 1959-1961 the Čiurlionis Dome hosted a meteorological station (no. A-009) with the same name.Мир вечных льдов и его изыскатели, Н. Катина, «Химия и жизнь» №12, 2007, "Об истоках международного полярного года" ["On the Origins of the International Polar Day"]; The article reproduces the mentioned photo of V. Markin.
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