🌿 Lena Pillars

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The Lena Pillars are a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia. The pillars are 150–300 metres (490–980 ft) high, and were formed in some of the Cambrian period sea-basins. The highest density of pillars is reached between the villages of Petrovskoye and Tit-Ary. The Lena Pillars Nature Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012.

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Lena Pillars is a natural World Heritage site in Russia, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Lena Pillars was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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