Verkhny Zub (, ,Сибирская Советская энциклопедия. Том первый. А - Ж p. 96 ) is a peak in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the federal subject.Gora Verkhniy Zub - Peak Visor
The name of the mountain in the Khakas language "Тигір тізі" means "heavenly tooth".Kuznetsk Alatau - Great Soviet Encyclopedia The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a protected area.Кузнецкий Алатау, государственный природный заповедник (Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve)
Description Verkhny Zub is a high mountain located in the Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberian System. It rises in the southern area of the range, in the Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of Khakassia.Google Earth
At the foot of the mountain, there are numerous cirque lakes. Dark coniferous taiga grows on the lower mountain slopes. On steep slopes up to a height of there is mountain tundra, above which there is the nival zone with snowfields at the top.Энциклопедия Республики Хакасия: [в 2 т.] (Encyclopedia of the Republic of Khakassia) / Правительство Респ. Хакасия; [науч.-ред. совет.: В. А. Кузьмин (пред.) и др.]. — Абакан: Поликор, 2007. Т. 1: [А — Н]. — 2007. — 430, с.: ил., портр. — Библиогр. в конце слов. ст. С. 109.
See also Highest points of Russian Federal subjects List of mountains and hills of Russia
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External links Вершина Верхний зуб. Кузнецкий Алатау. Горный массив на юге Западной Сибири. Кемеровская область, Хакасия Гора Верхний Зуб (2178 м) Wikimapia