Muisky Gigant
Muisky Gigant (Russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation.[2]
Muisky Gigant | |
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Муйский Гигант | |
Location in Buryatia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,067 m (10,062 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2107[1] |
Coordinates | 55°58′38″N 114°26′21″E[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Buryatia, Russia |
Parent range | Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, South Siberian System |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 8 July 1993 |
Easiest route | From Taksimo Airport |
Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigant, took place on 8 July 1993, by a group of students of the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers led by alpinist and tour organizer Alexander Kuzminykh.
Geography
Muisky Gigant is a massive-looking mountain, an ultra-prominent peak, rising about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Taksimo, the administrative center of Muysky District.[3][4]
At 3,067 m (10,062 ft) this mountain is the highest peak of the Southern Muya Range.[5] Muisky Gigant rises from a massif that constitutes a short spur of the main axis of the range. The Bambukoy River, a left tributary of the Bambuyka of the Vitim river basin, has its sources in the southeastern slopes of the mountain.[6]
See also
- List of mountains and hills of Russia
- List of ultras of Northeast Asia
- Mount Shaman, the highest peak of the range on the Transbaikalia side
References
- "HP Yuzhno Muiskyy Khrebet". PeakVisor.
- Google Earth
- Геологи продолжают путь - Галченко Иннокентий Иванович - IV. Левобережный маршрут
- Google maps
- "Южно-Муйский хребет" [Southern Muya Range] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 28 July 2021. (in Russian)
- "N-49 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 5 September 2021.