Koryak Mountains
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 Ukelayat Range,[2] in the central part of the mountains.[3]
| Koryak Mountains | |
|---|---|
 View of the range. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Ledyanaya |
| Elevation | 2,562 m (8,406 ft) |
| Coordinates | 62°30′N 172°00′E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 880 km (550 mi) NE/SW |
| Width | 270 km (170 mi) NW/SE |
| Geography | |
  Koryak Mountains Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia | |
| Location | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug / Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East |
| Parent range | East Siberian System |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Age of rock | Cenozoic, Mesozoic |
| Type of rock | Ophiolites[1] |
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:
- Vetvey Range, highest point 1,640 metres (5,380 ft)
- Vaeg Range
- Pakhachin Range, highest point 1,715 metres (5,627 ft)
- Apuk Range
- Vatyna Range
- Pylgin Range, highest point 1,355 metres (4,446 ft)
- Olyutor Range, highest point 1,558 metres (5,112 ft)
- Neprokhodimy Range, highest point 1,450 metres (4,760 ft)
- Ukelayat Range, highest point 2,562 metres (8,406 ft)
- Koyverlan Range, highest point 1,062 metres (3,484 ft)
- Yuzhno-Mainsky Range, 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
- Yldrim Dilek, Paul T. Robinson, Ophiolites in the Earth History, Geological Society, vol. 218, London, 2003
- Rundqvist N. Caprice of the wandering finger. Koryak Highlands // Walking Wide. - Yekaterinburg: Quist, 2014 .-- 576 p.
- Koryak Highlands // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vols.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978
- Osipova G. B. Koryak Highlands (glacial system) glaciers and snowfields // Popular Science Encyclopedia “Water of Russia”. Archived on May 31, 2019
- Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
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