The most raised part of the Sredne-Siberian plateau - mountains Putorana on which takes place a route. As mountains Putorana consider a basalt plateau on northwest suburb of the Sredne-Siberian plateau. It is stretched from an Arctic circle almost to 71® these and from 88® to 101® century д. (More than 500 km). In these limits the area of a province of Putorana makes 284000 клг. The average height of mountains 900 - 1200 m, and the highest - 1701 m is in their central part. The most typical line of mountains Putorana - a combination платообразных the levelled surfaces of hills and deep lake hollows, and also river valleys with каньонистыми coast. Differences in height 800 - 1000 m. In the west are most extended, the north and the east the basalt plateau breaks sharp ledges to 300 - 500 m of height to Western-Siberian and North Siberian plain and to a calcareous Kotujsky plateau. To the plateau south smoothly goes down, gradually passing to the general level of plateau with heights 500 - 700 m.        Construction of a transport highway - business of the near future means.
      Investigation of minerals on Tajmyre became business of all life of geologist Urvantseva Н.Н. In 1919 the Siberian Geological committee sent Urvshshcheva N.N. to lower reaches of Yenisei on searches stone утля for the Ust-Yenisei port. Searches have captured all territory правобережьего Yenisei between 68 - 70® с.ш. In 1920 at investigation there coal it was possible to find out and a deposit of medno-nickel ores - Norilsk - I, and in 1926 a deposit of the same type Norilsk - Items In the same 1920 have been found new coal deposits on an opposite side of the Norilsk valley, in mountains Zharaelah.
      In I92I-I934 Urvantsevym has been organised many other expeditions on studying of minerals of edge.
      In process of expansion of researches geo_logi-enthusiasts of the North of A.I.Gusev, E.M.Ljutkevich, B.N.small horn, B.V.Pavlovsk, B.V.Tkachenko, G.G.Moor and other employees of Institute have joined it on studying of the North and the Arctic institute Glavsev-morputi.