Beautiful Siberia – Lena Pillars and the Olenyok River

Beautiful Siberia – Lena Pillars and the Olenyok River

Known for its abundant fish, the Olenyok River is 2,292 kilometers long, and it is navigable. The river’s source is on the northern Central Siberian Plateau in Krasnoyarsk Krai. From there it flows north east before emptying into the Olenyok Gulf of the Laptev Sea at Ust-Olenyok west of the Lena River delta. According to historians, in 1633 Ivan Rebrov reached The Olenyok River from the Lena delta and built a fort. Pioneering Russian Arctic explorer Vasili Pronchishchev and his wife Tatiana Feodorovna set out on a voyage together and she became the first woman – polar explorer in the world. In accordance with the historical version, the Pronchishchevs died of scurvy and were buried at the mouth of the Olenek River.

unique natural rock formation along the banks

Lena Pillars – unique natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River. The pillars are 150–300 meters high. The Lena Pillars National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012. The site lies less than a day’s boat ride upriver (south) from the city of Yakutsk, the capital of the autonomous Sakha Republic.

These types of rocks are commonly formed in marine environments and the horizontal layering and vertical variation indicates marine transgression/regression; with the slate representing the deep marine, slightly metamorphosed shales.

Beautiful Siberia – Lena Pillars and the Olenyok River

Wonderful Olenyok River

Siberian mushrooms

Natural rock formation along the banks of the river

Impressive Lena Pillars along the banks of the river

Aeral photo – Siberian river Olenyok

Rock formations

Bird’s nest in the mountains

Fabulous rock formations along the river

Curves of the Siberian river Olenyok

Picturesque landscape of Lena Pillars and Siberian river Olenyok

Beautiful Siberian river Olenyok

The Olenyok

Coast of the river Olenyok

Sand beaches of the Olenyok

Local deer. Siberian river Olenyok

A wolf

The pillars consist of alternating layers of limestone, marl-stones, dolomite and slate of early to middle Cambrian age, which are weathered, producing the rugged outcrops

An eagle in the nest. Siberian river Olenyok

Incredible view of the Olenyok

Wild geese

Sunset over the river

crossing the river deer

Swimming to the river bank

Leaving the river

Running out of water deer

Mountains alongside the river

Siberian mushrooms

The native people inhabiting this region are Yakuts, some of them still retain Shamanist practices, they are historically semi-nomadic hunters, fishermen, reindeer breeders.

The native people inhabiting this region are Yakuts, and some of them still retain Shamanist practices. Historically, they are semi-nomadic hunters, fishermen, and reindeer breeders