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Lena Pillars (Russian: Ле́нские столбы́ tr. Lenskiye Stolby) is the name given to a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia. The pillars are 150-300m (490-985ft) high and were formed in some of the Cambrian period sea-basins. The Lena Pillars National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2012.The site lies less than a day’s boat ride upriver (south) from the city of Yakutsk the capital of the autonomous Sakha Republic.
