Kontalaksky Golets | |
Other Name: | Конталакский Голец |
Elevation M: | 1706 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Transbaikal Krai, Russian Far East |
Map: | Russia Zabaykalsky Krai |
Map Relief: | yes |
Range: | Yablonoi Mountains, South Siberian System |
Coordinates: | 53.9131°N 115.6931°W |
Easiest Route: | from Tungokochen, Tungokochensky District |
Kontalaksky Golets (Russian: link=no|Конталакский Голец) is a peak in the Yablonoi Mountains. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.
This 1706m (5,597feet) high mountain is the highest point of the Yablonoi Range, a long mountain chain of moderate elevations which is part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the far northeastern section of the range, just a little north of Tungokochen.[2] [3]
The Kontalaksky Golets is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak. It rises to the west of the valley of the Karenga in a largely remote and uninhabited part of Transbaikalia.[2] There are pillar-like rock formations in this mountain similar to the kigilyakhs of Yakutia.[4]