Gora Ulun Explained

Gora Ulun
Elevation M:2221
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:0
Prominence Ref:[2]
Map:Russia
Location:Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Range:Badzhal Range
Coordinates:50.5089°N 134.3264°W

Gora Ulun (Russian: гора Улун, Mount Ulun) is a mountain in Khabarovsk Krai (Eastern Siberia), Russia and officially the highest point of the Badzhal Range (Баджа́льский хребет) with an elevation of 2221m (7,287feet).

Geography

The Badzhal Range where the peak rises is a mountain chain with a length of approximately 220 kilometers. The mountains are quite deserted and the infrastructure is undeveloped in the area.

Elevations

The third edition of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (GSE) listed in 1979 the range with an elevation of 2640m (8,660feet), no name was mentioned for the highest mountain.[3] The geographic volume of the GSE listed Mount Ulun with an elevation of 2512m (8,241feet).[4] After the breakdown of the Soviet Union topographic maps reduced the elevation to 2,221 m.

In 2016, climbers discovered that Gora Korol (гора Король, Mount King) might have an elevation of 2263m (7,425feet).[5] The next climbing expedition to the highest mountains of the Badzhal reported for Mount King an elevation of 2269m (7,444feet) and for Mount Queen (гора Королева) nearby an elevation of 2219m (7,280feet).

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Гора Улун (with photo). National Geographic Russia. 2018-11-08.
  2. Web site: Новогодний снегоступинг по хребту Баджал (Фотоотчет) (with photos). primalp.com. 2018-11-08. 2018-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184606/https://primalp.com/novogodniy-snegostuping-po-hrebtu-badzhal-fotootchet/. dead.
  3. https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Badzhalskii Badzhal’skii
  4. Географический энциклопедический словарь. Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, Moscow 1986. Page 46.
  5. Web site: Комсомольские туристы совершили открытие, заново определив максимальную высоту Баджальского хребта. dvnovosti.ru. 2018-11-08.