Back Lenapilare Afrikaans أعمدة لينا (منتزه طبيعي) Arabic Lena dirəkləri Azerbaijani Лена ҡаялары милли паркы Bashkir Ленскія слупы Byelorussian Ленски стълбове Bulgarian Pilars del Lena Catalan Lenské sloupy Czech Лена юписем CV Pilares del Lena Spanish
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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 The pillars seen from a river cruise boat. | |
| Location | Sakha Republic, Russia |
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| Criteria | Natural: (viii) |
| Reference | 1299bis |
| Inscription | 2012 (36th Session) |
| Extensions | 2015 |
| Area | 1,387,000 ha (3,430,000 acres) |
| Coordinates | 61°08′46″N 127°35′05″E / 61.14619°N 127.58471°E |
  Location of Lena Pillars in Russia | |
The Lena Pillars (Russian: Ле́нские столбы́, romanized: Lenskiye Stolby; Yakut: Өлүөнэ туруук хайалара, Ölüöne Turūk Khayalara) are a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia. The pillars are 150–300 metres (490–980 ft) high, and were formed in some of the Cambrian period sea-basins. The highest density of pillars is reached between the villages of Petrovskoye and Tit-Ary. The Lena Pillars Nature Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012.[1]
The site lies around 180 kilometres (110 mi) (less than a day's boat ride) from the city of Yakutsk, the capital of the autonomous Sakha Republic.[2]
- ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Lena Pillars Nature Park". whc.unesco.org.
- ^ "Lena river trips – Sakha Yakutia – Heart of Siberia". www.yakutiatravel.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2008-12-04.