Dyatlov Pass
Also: Dyatlov Pass, northern Ural Mountains
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The visual record
Illustrations, recordings and archival references — each with its own provenance. A documented source is a starting point for investigation, not a verdict on its explanation.
The hikers' tent as found, 26 February 1959
The Soviet search party's photograph of the Dyatlov group's tent, cut open from the inside, on the slope of Kholat Syakhl. A genuine investigation photograph; it shows the scene, not a cause.
AnonymousUnknown author / Soviet investigators · 1959 ↗Public domainLicence terms ↗A pass in the northern Urals where nine hikers died in February 1959. A 2019–20 Russian inquiry attributed the deaths to a slab avalanche; UFO explanations circulated because of reported "fire orbs" in the area. The interviews do not mention it; this record comes from public sources only.
Where the pin is
61.7544, 59.4450 exact
Pass and memorial location from public gazetteer.
Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
On the map
Dyatlov Pass. Open the full map filtered to this record.