Chibagalakh Range

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Chibagalakh Range
Чибагала̀хский хребет / Чыбаҕалаах
Chibagalakh Range is located in Sakha Republic
Chibagalakh Range
Location in Sakha, Russia
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation2,449 m (8,035 ft)
Dimensions
Length250 km (160 mi) NW/SE
Width40 km (25 mi) NE/SW
Geography
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Range coordinates66°00′N 140°00′E / 66.000°N 140.000°E / 66.000; 140.000Coordinates: 66°00′N 140°00′E / 66.000°N 140.000°E / 66.000; 140.000
Parent rangeChersky Range,
East Siberian System
Geology
Age of rockEarly Cretaceous
Type of rockMetamorphic rock, shale and sandstone

The Chibagalakh Range (Russian: Чибагала̀хский хребет; Yakut: Чыбаҕалаах) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.

Despite the beauty of its landscapes the range is rarely visited owing to its remoteness. In 1977 a group of tourists from Kharkov visited the area and climbed Salishchev Peak.[1] The nearest airport is Ust-Nera Airport.[2]

Geology[]

With a length of over 200 kilometers (120 mi) the Chibagalakh Range is the largest batholith in the area of Northeastern Russia. It is in part peraluminous two-mica granite —a granite containing both muscovite and biotite micas), being the showpiece of the "collisional" granites.[3][4]

Geography[]

The Chibagalakh Range rises in the central area of the Chersky Range, between the valley of the Tuostakh —a tributary of the Adycha, and the valley of the Chibagalakh river of the Indigirka basin,[5] while to the southeast lies the valley of the Charky river. The range stretches in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for about 250 kilometers (160 mi). The highest peak is an unnamed 2,449 metres (8,035 ft) high peak.

The , another subrange of the Chersky Mountains, rises to the west parallel to it, the smaller to the south, the to the north and the to the northeast. Lake Tabanda is located in the range.[6]

Schematic map of the Chersky System, with the Chibagalakh range roughly in the center/left.

Flora[]

There are forests of larch covering the mountain slopes. At higher elevation there is a belt of dwarf cedar and further up mountain tundra.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Пик Салищева (in Russian)
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ Phanerozoic continental growth and gold metallogeny of Asia
  4. ^ Main Belt Granites-Chersky Range
  5. ^ a b Чибагалахский хребет, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  6. ^ USSR 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet C-6, 3rd edition

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