Isakova Mointain, Protected mountain in Vologda Oblast, Russia.
Isakova Mountain is a two-peaked moraine hill 293 m high, the highest point of the Northern Uvals, in Babushkinsky District of Vologda Oblast, 4 km south of the R7 road near the villages of Gorodishchevo and Koksharka. It is built of boulder clay capped by fine periglacial clays, with a slightly convex, irregular summit. The village of Isakovo stands on the hill.
The regional geological natural monument "Isakova Gora" was created in 1989 by decision No. 375 of the Vologda Oblast Executive Committee, with a total area of 437 hectares. A 2012 government decree of Vologda Oblast (No. 869) approved its protected-area regulations. The monument has scientific, educational and recreational value.
The hill gives its name to the village of Isakovo on its summit, the only settlement on the highest point of the Northern Uvals. The surrounding spruce forest, mostly rubus-oxalis spruce with raspberry, is used by locals of Gorodishchevo and Koksharka for picking berries and mushrooms.
The hill lies in Babushkinsky District, about 4 km south of the R7 road (Chekshino–Totma–Nikolsk), near the villages of Gorodishchevo and Koksharka; the village of Isakovo stands on the summit. The 437-hectare nature monument, established in 1989, is reached by forest tracks, so plan for unmarked paths and wet ground.
The hill is a two-peaked moraine of boulder clay capped by fine periglacial clays, and carbonate rock lies close to the surface on its slopes, feeding karst hollows and forms. The summit and slopes carry spruce forest on soddy strongly podzolic light loam, mostly a raspberry-rich wood-sorrel spruce stand.
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