Golets Sokhondo
Golets Sokhondo (Russian: Голец Сохондо) is a mountain in the Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands. Administratively it is part of the Transbaikal Krai, Russian Federation.[3]
Golets Sokhondo | |
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Голец Сохондо | |
Golets Sokhondo | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,504 m (8,215 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 933.9 m (3,064 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 49°43′12″N 111°05′06″E |
Geography | |
Location | Transbaikal Krai, Russian Far East |
Parent range | Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Nikita Sokolov, August 1776[2] |
The Sokhondo Nature Reserve, a protected area surrounding the mountain, was named after this emblematic summit when it was established on 11 December 1973.[4][5]
Geography
This 2,504 m (8,215 ft) high mountain is one of the highest points of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the southwestern part of the highland area, not far north from the border with Mongolia.[6]
Golets Sokhondo is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to a massif which includes a smaller summit, the 2,404 m (7,887 ft) high Little Sokhondo.[7]
See also
References
- PeakVisor Gora Sokhondo
- Сохондинский государственный природный биосферный заповедник
- "Хэнтэй, хребет" [Khentei Range] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- Сохондинский биосферный заповедник на сайте «ООПТ России»
- Russian Geographical Society - Expedition to Mt Sokhondo (in Russian)
- Google Earth
- Сайт Сохондинского государственного природного биосферного заповедника