Pik Martena | |
Other Name: | Пик Мартена |
Elevation M: | 2988 |
Prominence M: | 740 |
Map: | Russia Irkutsk Oblast#Russia |
Coordinates: | 56.8469°N 117.4025°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
Range: | Kodar Range Stanovoy Highlands |
Pik Martena (Russian: Пик Мартена), Martin Peak, is a peak in Bodaybinsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is the highest point of the federal subject. Other sources claim Pik Tofalariya, located at the southwestern limit of the federal subject, as the highest point of Irkutsk Oblast.[2] [3]
This mountain is named after French explorer of Eastern Siberia Joseph Martin (1848–1892).[4]
Pik Martena is a 2988m (9,803feet) high mountain located in the Kodar Range, Stanovoy Highlands, South Siberian System.[5] Some sources give a height of 2932m (9,619feet).[3] It rises 8km (05miles) to the WSW of Pik BAM, beyond the Zabaykalsky Krai border.[6]