Chantal Range | |
Other Name: | Чантальский хребет |
Highest: | Iskhodnaya |
Elevation M: | 1843 |
Parent: | Chukotka Mountains |
Map: | Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug |
Location: | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District |
Coordinates: | 67.8164°N 178.2886°W |
Geology: | Sandstone, shale[1] |
Orogeny: | Alpine orogeny |
Length Km: | 100 |
The Chantal Range (Russian: Чантальский хребет) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The area of the range is desolate and uninhabited.[2]
The Chantal Range is located in the central area of the Chukotka Mountains, part of the East Siberian System of ranges. This mountain chain runs in a roughly WSW/ENE direction for about 100 km. It is limited to the west by the bank of the Chantalveergyn River, beyond which rises the Ekiatap Range; to the north it borders with the Palyavaam range, and to the south with the Ekityk Range. The highest point of the range is Iskhodnaya peak, reaching 1843m (6,047feet)[3] —or 1887m (6,191feet) according to other sources.[4] This summit is also the highest point of the Chukotka Mountains.