Golets Kropotkin Explained

Golets Kropotkin
Other Name:Голец Кропоткина
Elevation M:1908
Prominence M:850
Prominence Ref:[1]
Location:Zabaykalsky Krai,
Russian Far East
Map:Russia Zabaykalsky Krai
Map Relief:yes
Range:Muroy Range,
Olyokma-Stanovik
Coordinates:53.7275°N 117.5581°W

Golets Kropotkin (Russian: link=no|Голец Кропоткина) is a peak in the Olyokma-Stanovik Mountains. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation. The peak was named after Peter Kropotkin, who had explored the area in 1864.[2]

This emblematic summit was declared a natural monument by the Chita Regional Executive Committee order No. 353 on 14 July 1983.[2]

Geography

This 1908m (6,260feet) high mountain is the highest point of the Olyokma-Stanovik, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the western part of the highland area, on the border of Tungokochensky District to the west and Tungiro-Olyokminsky District to the east.[3]

Golets Kropotkin is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to the Muroy Range, one of the subranges of the Olyokma-Stanovik mountain system.[2]

Flora

The peak has well-defined altitudinal vegetation zones, with mountain taiga in the lower slopes, followed by pre-alpine woodland and an alpine belt further up. Some of the plants found on the southern sides include Erman's birch, golden rhododendron, Cassiope, alpine bearberry[2] and golden dock, among others.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://peakvisor.com/peak/gora-kropotkina.html PeakVisor Gora Kropotkina
  2. Web site: Кропоткина, голец. Энциклопедия Забайкалья . Russian . Kropotkin, Golets . 11 November 2021.
  3. [Google Earth]
  4. L. I. Malyschev, ed. Flora of Siberia, Vol. 5: Salicaceae-Amaranthaceae. p. 100