<P> The Ural Mountains ( Russian : Ура́льские го́ры , tr . Uralskiye gory ; IPA : ( ʊˈraljskjɪjə ˈgorɨ ) ; Bashkir : Урал тауҙары , Ural tauźarı ) , or simply the Urals , are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia , from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan . The mountain range forms part of the conventional boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia . Vaygach Island and the islands of Novaya Zemlya form a further continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic Ocean . </P>
where are the urals mountains located on a map
from north to south through western Russia from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan