Golets Sokhondo | |
Other Name: | Голец Сохондо |
Elevation M: | 2504 |
Prominence M: | 933.9 |
Prominence Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Far East |
Map: | Russia Zabaykalsky Krai |
Map Relief: | yes |
Range: | Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands |
Coordinates: | 49.72°N 111.0851°W |
First Ascent: | Nikita Sokolov, August 1776[2] |
Golets Sokhondo (ru|link=no|Голец Сохондо) is a mountain in the Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.[3]
The Sokhondo Nature Reserve, a protected area surrounding the mountain, was named after this emblematic summit when it was established on 11 December 1973.[4] [5]
This 2504m (8,215feet) high mountain is one of the highest points of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the southwestern part of the highland area, not far north from the border with Mongolia.[6]
Golets Sokhondo is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to a massif which includes a smaller summit, the 2404m (7,887feet) high Little Sokhondo.[7]