Chatyr-Dag ( crh, Çatır Dağ, uk, Чатир-Даг, russian: Чатыр-Даг) is a mountainous massif in

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, near the

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highway. In the

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''çatır'' means tent and ''dağ'' means mountain.

Overview

The mountain consists of two plateaus: the lower (north) and the upper (south). The lower plateau slopes gently down to its northern side, which is covered in

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grass. On its southern end (near the steep slope of the higher plateau), the lower plateau is covered with

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forests and

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glades. It has many hiking trails and several beautiful

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s (listed below). On the east side of the lower plateau there is a grove of

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. The upper plateau has the shape of a giant bowl and on its rim; the highest peaks are each named. The upper plateau is covered with alpine meadows. Its slopes are very steep and offer some routes for multipitch climbing (

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routes longer than length of one climbing rope). The highest peak is Eklizi-Bourun (1527 m above sea level). Caves in the Chatyr-Dag massif include: * Marble Caves * Emine Bair Hosar cave * Fur-tree cave * Obvalnaya cave *

Vyalova cave Vyalova Cave (пещера Вялова) is a cave in a lower plateau of the Chatyrdag mountain, Crimea. It also has an 'old' name: Togerik-Alan-Hosar (Тогерик-Алан-Хосар). The cave has a vertical entrance of depth, which gradually ...

* Artuch-Koba * Vyalova cave system

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