Koryak Mountains

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Koryak Mountains
Koryaks.JPG
View of the range.
Highest point
PeakLedyanaya
Elevation2,562 m (8,406 ft)
Coordinates62°30′N 172°00′E / 62.500°N 172.000°E / 62.500; 172.000Coordinates: 62°30′N 172°00′E / 62.500°N 172.000°E / 62.500; 172.000
Dimensions
Length880 km (550 mi) NE/SW
Width270 km (170 mi) NW/SE
Geography
Koryak Mountains is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Koryak Mountains
Koryak Mountains
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug / Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockCenozoic, Mesozoic
Type of rockOphiolites[1]

The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands (Russian: Корякское нагорье) are a mountain range in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located partly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai. It is the second largest mountain range in all of Siberia. The highest point in the range is 2,562 metres (8,406 ft) high Mount Ledyanaya, located in the ,[2] in the central part of the mountains.[3]

Geography[]

The Koryak Range rises south of the Anadyr River, and northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. There are a number of glaciers and ice fields in some of the ranges.[4]

Subranges[]

The system of the Koryak Mountains comprises a number of subranges,[5] including:

  • , highest point 1,640 metres (5,380 ft)
  • , highest point 1,715 metres (5,627 ft)
  • , highest point 1,355 metres (4,446 ft)
  • , highest point 1,558 metres (5,112 ft)
  • , highest point 1,450 metres (4,760 ft)
  • , highest point 2,562 metres (8,406 ft)
  • , highest point 1,062 metres (3,484 ft)
  • , highest point 1,265 metres (4,150 ft)
  • Rarytkin Range, at the northern end, close to Lake Krasnoye.
  • Ukvushvuynen Range, highest point 1,423 metres (4,669 ft), the easternmost, close to Lake Pekulney.

Rivers[]

Rivers Main and Velikaya have their sources in the Koryak Range.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Yldrim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, Ophiolites in the Earth History, Geological Society, vol. 218, London, 2003
  2. ^ Rundqvist N. Caprice of the wandering finger. Koryak Highlands // Walking Wide. - Yekaterinburg: Quist, 2014 .-- 576 p.
  3. ^ Koryak Highlands // Great Soviet Encyclopedia  : [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978
  4. ^ Osipova G. B. Koryak Highlands (glacial system) glaciers and snowfields // Popular Science Encyclopedia “Water of Russia”. Archived on May 31, 2019
  5. ^ Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16

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