Kyrganay Range Explained

Kyrganay Range
Other Name:хребет Кырганай
Highest:Unnamed
Elevation M:1415
Parent:East Siberian System
Map:Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Location:Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
Coordinates:67.9167°N 167°W
Geology:Sandstone, shale and igneous rock intrusions
Period:Triassic
Orogeny:Alpine orogeny
Length Km:40
Length Orientation:WNW/ESE
Width Km:12
Width Orientation:NNE/WSW
Easiest Route:from Keperveyem or Bilibino

The Kyrganay Range (Russian: хребет Кырганай[1] or хребет Кыргонай)[2] is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District.

The village of Keperveyem is located at the feet of the range in its western end. Bilibino is located about further to the north.[3]

Geography

The Kyrganay Range rises above the northern bank of the Maly Anyuy River. To the east the mountain range is limited by the Egilknyveyem River and to the west by the valley of the Maly Keperveyem River, both right hand tributaries of the Maly Anyuy River. To the south, on the other side of the Maly Anyuy, rises the Chuvanay Range. The ghost town of Aliskerovo, beyond which rises the Ilirney Range, lies at the eastern end of the Kyrganay Mountains.[4]

The highest point of the Kyrganay Range is an unnamed 1415m (4,642feet) high summit.[1] The Kyrganay Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of the Anadyr Highlands.[5] The mountains are characterized by a smooth relief, like most of the neighboring mountain ranges of Bilibino District, such as the Rauchuan Range further to the north. The southern sides of the slopes of the range are covered with sparse taiga.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://xn--80aaaa1bhnclcci1cl5c4ep.xn--p1ai/cd1/262-263.html National Atlas of Russia. - Cartography, "Chukotka".
  2. https://nedradv.ru/nedradv/ru/find_place/?obj=4c26705cd3855fae33cb5312b936d63e nedradv.ru - Эгилькнывеем, месторождение реки (инт.р.л. 197–226), левый приток реки Майнгы-Пауктуваам // Золото россыпное
  3. [Google Earth]
  4. Malysheva G.M., Isaeva E.P., Tikhomirov Yu.B., Vyatkin B.V. State geological map of the Russian Federation. Scale 1: 1,000,000 (third generation). Series Chukotka. Sheet Q-59 – Markovo. Explanatory note. - SPb. : Cartographic factory VSEGEI, 2012. - P. 195
  5. Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
  6. Web site: Качается ночь, как смолёная лодка (Чукотка) - путешествия и прочее. LiveJournal. 2019-12-14.