Čiurlionis Mountain

The Čiurlionis Mountain (Russian: Гора Чурляниса) is a basalt mountain plateau by the Tikhaya Bay at the Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia.

In 1957, Aalenian deposits over the Upper Jurassic deposits were reported at the mountain.[1]

Name
Stillness by M.K. Čiurlionis, a possible inspiration for the name of the mountain

The memoirs of polar explorer and artist Nikolay Pinegin who saw the area when he was taking part in a 1913 polar expedition of Georgy Sedov say: "On the foggy days when we saw these headlands, they resembled the visions of the fantasy painter Čiurlionis". Latter writers attributed the naming to Pinegin.[2] A member of another expedition to the area, Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Markin, published a photo in his book, from which it can be concluded that the inspiration was the painting Stillness by Čiurlionis.[3][4][5] Vyacheslav Markin suggests the name of the bay, "Tikhaya" ("Still, "Quiet") was inspired by the name of the painting.[2]

Later the mountain was split into two objects: its plateau foothills were named Čiurlionis Plateau (плато Чюрлениса) and its iceberg-covered dome was called Čiurlionis Dome (купол Чюрлениса).[2]

The Russian-language name ("Гора Чурляниса", "Gora Churlyanisa") reflects the archaic Russian transliteration of the artist's name. During 1959-1961 the Čiurlionis Dome hosted a meteorological station (no. A-009) with the same name.[6]

References
  1. В. Д. ДИБНЕР, Н. И. ШУЛЬГИНА РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ СТРАТИГРАФИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ МОРСКИХ СРЕДНЕЮРСКИХ И ВЕРХНЕЮРСКИХ ОТЛОЖЕНИИ ЗЕМЛИ ФРАНЦА-ИОСИФА в 1953—1957 гг archived
  2. Ледяной венец планеты (Маркин Вячеслав Алексеевич)
  3. Феликс Розинер, "Гимн солнцу", 1974, a biographical novel about Čiurlionis, Chapter 5
  4. Николай Пинегин, "В ледяных просторах", p. 342
  5. Čiurlionio kalnai. Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija ["Lithuanian Soviet Encyclopedia"], Vol. 1. 1 Vilnius, 1985.
  6. Мир вечных льдов и его изыскатели, Н. Катина, «Химия и жизнь» №12, 2007, "Об истоках международного полярного года" ["On the Origins of the International Polar Day"]; The article reproduces the mentioned photo of V. Markin.

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