Ulakhan-Chistay Range Explained

Ulakhan-Chistay Range
Other Name:Улахан-Чистай
Highest:Mount Pobeda
Elevation M:3003
Parent:Chersky Range,
East Siberian System
Map:Russia Sakha Republic
Location:Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District
Coordinates:65.1333°N 204°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Geology:Granite
Length Km:250
Length Orientation:NW / SE

The Ulakhan-Chistay Range (Russian: Улахан-Чистай; Yakut: Улахан Чыыстай сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.[2]

A section of the range, including the upper course of the Moma River basin, as well as the Buordakh Massif with Mount Pobeda, is part of the Moma Natural Park, one of the protected areas of Russia.[3]

Geography

The Ulakhan-Chistay Range is the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It displays a clear Alpine relief and extends from NW to SE for about south of the Moma Range. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Ulakhan-Chistay River and the Moma River flow from the southeast and join the Indigirka. From the southwest, the range is bound by the Erikit River, a left tributary of the Moma, and the Nera Plateau, beyond which rises the Tas-Kystabyt, also known as (Sarychev Range).[4]

The highest point of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range is 3003m (9,852feet) high Mount Pobeda. It is the highest mountain of the Chersky Range and also the highest of Yakutia. In the range there are glaciers with a total area of about .[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://cartographic.info/names/map.php?id=732169&f=rs Map of Tsep’ Ulakhan Chistay in Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia
  2. Ulakhan-Chistay / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017.
  3. http://parkmomsky.com/?page_id=2&lang=ru Moma Natural Park
  4. [Google Earth]