[1] The name of the mountain in the Khakas language "Тигір тізі" means "heavenly tooth".

[3] The mountain is part of the Kuznetsk Alatau State Nature Reserve, a protected area.

[4] Verkhny Zub is a 2,178 metres (7,146 ft) high mountain located in the Kuznetsk Alatau, South Siberian System.

[1] It rises in the southern area of the range, in the Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug at the eastern limit of Kemerovo Oblast, near the border of Khakassia.

On steep slopes up to a height of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) there is mountain tundra, above which there is the nival zone with snowfields at the top.