Vilyuy Plateau

Vilyuy Plateau
Вилюйское плато
View of the Vilyuy Reservoir
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation962 m (3,156 ft)
Dimensions
Length400 km (250 mi)
Width200 km (120 mi)
Geography
Vilyuy Plateau
Location in Yakutia, Russia
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKrasnoyarsk Krai and Sakha Republic
Range coordinates66°30′N 109°45′E / 66.500°N 109.750°E / 66.500; 109.750
Parent rangeCentral Siberian Plateau
Borders onIrkutsk Oblast
Geology
Rock age(s)Lower Paleozoic and Precambrian
Rock type(s)Trap rock, dolomite and Limestone

The Vilyuy Plateau (Russian: Вилюйское плато, romanized: Vilyuyskoye Plato) is a mountain plateau in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia. It is a part of the Central Siberian Plateau and it is made up mainly of the upper course section of the Vilyuy River.

Permafrost thickness up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), the largest in the world, was discovered under the Vilyuy Plateau.