Mount Yamantau in video games
The Urals mountain rumoured to hide a secret bunker turns up in Black Ops and Metro Exodus. Mount Yamantau appears in 2 games on Pixel Pilgrimage: Call of Duty: Black Ops (as WMD (Mount Yamantau)) and Metro Exodus.
In real lifeThe games
In gameCall of Duty: Black Ops2010WMD (Mount Yamantau)Inspired by a real placeThe team crosses snowy Ural peaks to destroy a secret Soviet base hidden at Mount Yamantau, guided from an SR-71 overhead.Game vs real photo
In gameMetro Exodus2019YamantauReal place, reimaginedThe crew reach a military bunker inside Yamantau, hoping to find Russia's surviving government. Instead they find the leadership long gone and the survivors living as cannibals.Game vs real photo
The real place
Yamantau is the highest peak of the Southern Urals at 1,640 m. US officials have long suspected a large secret bunker complex inside it, and the nearby town of Mezhgorye is closed.
Visiting
The mountain lies within the South Ural Nature Reserve and the area around Mezhgorye is restricted. Many Western governments currently advise against all travel to Russia.