Tsey-Loam
Mount Tsey-Loam
Highest point
Elevation3,171 m (10,404 ft)[1]
Coordinates42°50′09″N 44°50′57″E / 42.83583°N 44.84917°E / 42.83583; 44.84917
Naming
Native nameЦӏей-лоам
Geography
Tsey-Loam is located in Caucasus mountains
Tsey-Loam
Tsey-Loam
Location of Tsey-Loam in the Caucasus region
Tsey-Loam is located in Republic of Ingushetia
Tsey-Loam
Tsey-Loam
Tsey-Loam (Republic of Ingushetia)
LocationIngushetia
CountryRussia
Parent rangeSkalisty Range, Caucasus

Tsey-Loam (Ingush: Цӏей-Лоам) is a mountain range in the Dzheyrakhsky District of the Republic of Ingushetia. The main peak is Gaikomd (Ingush: КхаькӀоамтӀе[lower-alpha 1], Кхей-КӀоам).[2]

Since 2014, an international base jumping festival is held annually here, where at the foot of the mountain at an altitude of 1842 meters, the base jumping club “Legendy Gor” was opened.[3]

History

Mount Tsey-Loam was considered sacred to the ancient Ingush population.[4][5] Vakhushti of Kartli, in his description of the country of the medieval Ingush in 1745, calls Tsey-Loam the "Gligvi mountain",[6] stemming from the Georgian form of the Ingush self-name — Ghalghai.[7]

Geography

It is located in the very center of the Dzheyrakhsky District, 3171 meters above sea level. The range connects mountains Dzhar-Loam, Kuley-Loam, Leymoy-Loam and Pane. The medieval sanctuary Dyalite is situated on top of the mountain. The villages Keli, Leymi, Kog, Kart, Doshkhakle, Egikal can be seen near the foot of the mountain.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. "КхаькӀоамтӀе" (Qäkoamtē) litterally translates from Ingush as "three-tusk", indicating the shape of the mountain peak.

    References

    1. "Хребет Цей-Лоам" [Tsey-Loam Ridge]. openkavkaz.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
    2. "Гора Гайкомд Цейломского хребта (КхаькIомтIе -Трехклычная, Кхей-КIоам)". ghalghay.com (in Russian). 2021-05-01.
    3. "Мини-отель «Легенды гор» у подножия горы Цей-Лоам" [Mini-hotel at the foot of Mount Tsey-Loam] (in Russian). 2021-08-17.
    4. Tarakanova 2023, p. 51.
    5. Aleksandra Oyaber. "Легенды Ингушетии: гора Цей-Лоам" [Legends of Ingushetia: Mount Tsey-Loam]. russpass.ru (in Russian).
    6. Janashvili 1897, p. 79.
    7. Bazorkin 1937, p. 25.
    8. Проект «Открытый Кавказ». "Карта" (in Russian).

    Sources

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