Anyuy Mountains

The Anyuy Mountains (Russian: Анюйский хребет; Anyuyskiy Khrebet), also known as South Anyuy Range are a range of mountains in far north-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The area of the range is largely uninhabited.

Anyuy Range
Анюйский хребет
Landscape of the range.
Highest point
PeakBlokhin Peak
Elevation1,779 m (5,837 ft)[1]
Coordinates67°11′47.7″N 165°51′28.26″E
Dimensions
Length380 km (240 mi) ENE/WSW
Width80 km (50 mi) NNW/SSE
Geography
Anyuy Range is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Anyuy Range
Anyuy Range
Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockUpper Jurassic, Triassic
Type of rockSandstone, schist, mudstone and granite intrusions
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Bilibino

Geography

To the north rises the Chuvanay Range and to the northeast the Ilirney Range, on the other side of the Maly Anyuy River.[2] The Anyuy Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of the Anadyr Highlands.[3] To the east of the eastern end of the range rises the Shchuchy Range, stretching in a roughly southwestern direction, and to the south of the range rises the roughly parallel Oloy Range of the Kolyma Mountains.[2]

Although there are no glaciers in the range in present times, there is evidence of ancient glaciation. The Anyuy Range is drained by rivers Maly Anyuy, Bolshoy Anyuy, and Omolon.[4] The highest point is 1,779 metres (5,837 ft) high Blokhin Peak (Пик Блохина) at 67°06′06″N 166°51′38″E,[1] and the second highest 1,759 metres (5,771 ft) high Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii (Soviet Guard Peak).[5]

In 1952 a volcano was discovered in the southern part of the range following examination of aerial images. The volcano was named Anyuyskiy.[6]

Defense Mapping Agency topographical map showing the area of the Anyuy Range on the right.

Flora

There are sparse forests of larch in river valleys and the mountain slopes are covered with tundra vegetation, with rocky mountain tundra on the ridges and peaks.[5]

See also

References
  1. Блохина, пик - National atlas of Russia
  2. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
  3. Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16 ISBN 954-642-004-2
  4. David M. Hopkins; John V. Matthews; Charles E. Schweger (1982). Paleoecology of Beringia. Elsevier. p. 45. ISBN 9780123558602.
  5. South Anyui Range // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
  6. Pevzner, M. M.; Gertsev, D. O.; Fedorov, P. I.; Romanenko, F. A.; Kushcheva, Yu V. (1 January 2017). "Anyui Volcano in Chukotka: Age, structure, pecularities [sic] of rocks' composition and eruptions". Lithology and Mineral Resources. 52 (1): 20–50. doi:10.1134/S0024490217010059. ISSN 0024-4902. S2CID 132021660.


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