Magpies rocks - granite rocks on the left bank of the Bolshoi Reft River 8 km west of the city of Asbest in the Sverdlovsk Region , Russia . Rocks have a characteristic mattress-like shape, the length of the rocks is about 300 m, height up to 12 m [1] . A dirt road leads to the Sorokhiy rocks, about 6 km from the outskirts of the city of Asbest.
| Magpies | |
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| IUCN Category III ( Natural Monument ) | |
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| Square | 1.5 ha |
| Average height | 12 m |
| Established | January 17, 2001 |
| Management organization | Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Sverdlovsk Region |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Sverdlovsk region |
| Area | Asbestov city district |
| Nearest town | Asbestos |
In 2001, by Decree of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region dated January 17, 2001 No. 41-PP Magpies were declared a geomorphological natural monument . The same legal act entrusted the protection of the property to the Sukholozhskoe lesnichestvo [2] . The area of a specially protected natural area is 1.5 hectares.
Notes
- ↑ Rundqvist N., Zadorina O. Sverdlovsk Region. From A to Z: Illustrated Local History Encyclopedia. - Yekaterinburg: Quist, 2009 .-- 456 p. - ISBN 978-5-85383-392-0 .
- ↑ On approval of lists of specially protected natural areas located in the Sverdlovsk region