Murun (mountain) explained

Murun
Other Name:Мурун
Elevation M:1454
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:626
Location:Irkutsk Oblast/Sakha Republic
Russian Federation
Map:Russia Irkutsk Oblast#Russia Sakha Republic
Map Relief:yes
Range:Olyokma-Chara Plateau,
South Siberian Mountains
Coordinates:58.3756°N 118.925°W
Easiest Route:from Chara Airport

Murun (Russian: Мурун) is a mountain in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, at the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Yakutia, Russian Federation.

Geography

A 1454m (4,770feet) high summit is the highest point of the Murun Massif in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, part of the South Siberian mountain system. The massif is about 20km (10miles) across and rises in the central/southern part of the plateau, above the right bank of the Chara, west of the valley of the Tokko, at the southwestern end of the Sakha Republic, bordering with Irkutsk Oblast, near the tripoint with Zabaykalsky Krai. The mountain is near Torgo, an abandoned settlement in Olyokminsky District.[2]

The Murun peak is marked as a 1452m (4,764feet) summit in the O-50 sheet of the Soviet Topographic Map.[3] This same mountain, however, is a 4820feet peak in the D-7 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts.[4] The Irkutsk Oblast-Yakutia border runs across the middle of the Murun Massif and the peak rises on the western, or Irkutsk Oblast side.[3]

Geology

The massif is part of the Aldan Shield geological region. Charoite, a rare mineral, is found in the area.[5] Other minerals, such as Brookite, Tausonite, Yuksporite and Frankamenite are also found in the massif.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://peakvisor.com/peak/gora-murun.html Gora Murun - PeakVisor
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. Web site: O-50 Chart (in Russian). 25 November 2021.
  4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_D-7,_6th_edition.jpg URSS 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-&
  5. Vladykin, N. V. Matveyeva, L. H., Bogacheva, H. G., and Alekseyev, Y. A. (1983) Novyye danyye o charoite i charoitivykh porodakh. (Recent findings on charoite and charoitic rocks). In Mineralogiya i Genezis Tsvetnikh Kamnei Vostochnoi Sibiri (Mineralogy and Genesis of Gem Stones of Eastern Siberia), 41-56. Siberian Division Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Novosibirsk.
  6. http://www.webmineral.com/data/Charoite.shtml Charoite on Webmineral