Mayak Shangina
Mayak Shangina | |
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Маяк Шангина | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,490 m (8,170 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 892 m (2,927 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 50°46′38″N 84°32′04″E / 50.77722°N 84.53444°ECoordinates: 50°46′38″N 84°32′04″E / 50.77722°N 84.53444°E[1] |
Geography | |
Location in Altai Krai, Russia | |
Location | Altai Krai, Russia |
Parent range | Altai Mountains South Siberian Mountains |
Mayak Shangina (Russian: Маяк Шангина) is a mountain in Altai Krai, Russia. At 2,490 metres (8,170 ft) it is the highest point of Altai Krai.[2]
The summit was formerly unnamed. The choosing of the name followed a 2011 initiative of local paper journalist Anatoly Muravlev, who came up with the idea to give the peak an official name on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Altai Territory. The name Mayak Shangina honors ethnographer, geologist and botanist (1741 - 1816) and it was ratified and officially adopted in 2013.[3][4]
Description[]
Mayak Shangina is the highest summit in the , part of the Altai Mountains, South Siberian System. It rises at the southern end of the Altai Krai, in an area of the Charyshsky District that borders with the Ust-Kansky District of the Altai Republic.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Mayak Shangina". PeakVisor.
- ^ a b Google Maps
- ^ Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 15 февраля 2014 г. N 107 г. Москва "О присвоении наименования географическому объекту в Алтайском крае"
- ^ "Маяк Шангина" - Самая высокая гора Алтайского края названа в честь минералога Петра Шангина
External links[]
- Highest points of Russian federal subjects
- Landforms of Altai Krai
- Altai Mountains
- Altai Krai geography stubs