Kigilyakh

Kigilyakh or kisiliyakh[1] (Russian: кигиляхи; Yakut: киһилээх, meaning "stone person") are pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated.

[3] These anthropomorphic rock pillars are an important feature in Yakut culture.

[4][5] Often they are slightly scattered, protruding from the surface of smooth mountains and giving the impression of a standing crowd of people.

[6] The term "kigilyakh" is a distorted form of the original Yakut "kisilyakh".

[7] Such stones are found in different places of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, mainly in the East Siberian Lowland:[5] Outside of Yakutia, similar formations are found in the island of Popova-Chukchina and the Putorana Plateau, in Krasnoyarsk Krai.