Khadaranya Range

The Khadaranya Range (Russian: Хадаранья; Yakut: Хадаранньа)[1] is a mountain range in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airfield is Batagay Airport.[2]

Khadaranya Range
Хадаранья / Хадаранньа
Map section with the Khadaranya Range in the right
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation2,185 m (7,169 ft)
Dimensions
Length170 km (110 mi) NNW–SSE
Width40 km (25 mi) WSW/ENE
Geography
Khadaranya Range is located in Sakha Republic
Khadaranya Range
Location in Yakutia, Russia
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha Republic
Range coordinates68°27′N 138°00′E
Parent rangeChersky Range,
East Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockMudstone, clay and granite
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Batagay

Geography

The Khadaranya Range rises in the northern sector of the Chersky Range, to the east of the lower course of the Yana River and to the west of the Moma-Selennyakh Depression where the Selennyakh river flows.[3][2]

It stretches in a roughly NNW–SSE direction for about 170 kilometers (110 mi) with the Oldzho river to the north, beyond which rises the Burkat Range, and its tributary Nenneli to the west, beyond which rise the Kisilyakh and Kurundya ranges. The smaller Ymiysky Range (Ымыйский кряж) rises off the northwestern side, and the Tas-Khayakhtakh, one of the main subranges of the Chersky Mountains, rises off the southern end of the range. The highest peak is an unnamed 2,185 metres (7,169 ft) high summit.[3]

Schematic map of the Chersky System, with the Khadaranya roughly in the upper left.

See also

References
  1. Аркадий Андреев, Горы Якутии (Arkady Andreyev, Mountains of Yakutia) p. 18
  2. Ridges Russia - Khadaranya Range, Yakutia
  3. Google Earth
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