Bystrinsky Golets Explained

Bystrinsky Golets
Other Name:Быстринский Голец
Elevation M:2519
Location:Zabaykalsky Krai,
Russian Far East
Map:Russia Zabaykalsky Krai
Map Relief:yes
Range:Chikokon Range,
Khentei-Daur Highlands
Coordinates:49.7167°N 109.95°W

Bystrinsky Golets (Russian: link=no|Быстринский Голец), also known as Barun-Shabartuy, is a mountain in the Chikokon Range. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.

The mountain was officially declared a natural monument in 1988.[1]

Geography

This 2519m (8,264feet) high mountain is the highest point of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the western part of the highlands, just a little north of the border with Mongolia.[2] the Bystrinsky Golets is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak that rises just above the source of the Chikoy River.[3] The Bystrinsky Golets is part of the Chikoy National Park.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Resolution of the Chita Oblast Executive Committee No. 593. 29 December 1988
  2. http://ez.chita.ru/encycl/concepts/?id=729 Быстринский Голец, Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia
  3. [Google Earth]