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]
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]