Pik Martena Explained

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]

Description

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]

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Notes and References

  1. [Google Earth]
  2. https://nature.baikal.ru/tofalariya/ Природа Байкала - Тофалария
  3. https://peakvisor.com/peak/martena.html?yaw=87.07&pitch=-8.84&hfov=59.83 Martena - Peak Visor
  4. https://baikal24.ru/text/02-09-2012/samoj/ У самой высокой горы Иркутской области появилось название - пик Мартена
  5. https://mapstor.com/ru/news/digital-cartography-and-gps-navigation/17-08-2012-martin-peak-mapped-on-irkutsk-map.html На карте Иркутской области появится пик Мартена
  6. Web site: Топографска карта O-50, G; M 1:1 000 000 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian). 30 June 2023.