Iskhodnaya Explained

Iskhodnaya
Other Name:Исходная
Elevation M:1887
Location:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russian Far East
Map:Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Map Size:260
Range:Chantal Range,
Chukotka Mountains
Coordinates:67.8164°N 178.2886°W

Iskhodnaya (Russian: link=no|Исходная), is a mountain in the Chantal Range. Administratively it is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.

Geography

This 1775m (5,823feet) high mountain is the highest point of the Chukotka Mountains, part of the East Siberian System of ranges.[1] It rises just above the northern bank of the high course of the Chantalvergyrgyn River.[2]

The height of the summit is 1887m (6,191feet) according to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.[1] According to other sources it is 1843m (6,047feet) high.[3] [4] The same mountain is marked as a 6081feet peak in the C-8 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts. The same map shows another peak that is 6047feet, just a short distance to the west in the same ridge of the Chantal Range.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/4688774 Chukchi Highlands
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. Czukockie, Góry – Encyklopedia PWN – źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy, encyklopedia.pwn.pl
  4. Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu, tom 2 Góry Azji, Katowice: Wydawnictwo STAPIS, 2005, .
  5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-8,_2nd_edition.jpg 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8