Mount Chersky Explained

Mount Chersky
Other Name:Гора Черского
Elevation M:2572
Prominence M:1596
Listing:List of ultras of Northeast Asia
Location:Buryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Russian Far East
Map:Russia Buryatia
Map Relief:yes
Range:Baikal Range,
South Siberian Mountains
Coordinates:55.0656°N 108.685°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]

Mount Chersky (Russian: link=no|Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.

This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.[2]

Geography

This 2572m (8,438feet) high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gora Cherskogo. PeakVisor. en.
  2. https://nature.baikal.ru/obj.shtml?obj=peak&id=cherskogo&rg=baikalskiihrebet Природа Байкала - гора Черского
  3. [Google Earth]