Rarytkin Range

Rarytkin Range
Rarytkin Range
Ръарыткын / Рарыткин
	View of the range rising beyond Lake Krasnoye.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Palets
Elevation	1,085 m (3,560 ft)[1]
Coordinates	64°20′N 175°20′E
Dimensions
Length	200 km (120 mi) NE/SW
Geography
	Rarytkin Range Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Location	Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
Parent range	Koryak Highlands
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Mesozoic and Paleozoic
Type of rock	Sandstone, andesite, shale
Climbing
Easiest route	From Krasneno

The Rarytkin Range (Russian: хребет Рарыткин; Chukot: Ръарыткын)[2] is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.[3]

Geography

The Rarytkin Range is the northernmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from southeast to northwest in southern Chukotka, along the left bank of the Velikaya River in its middle and lower course. To the northwest flows the Anadyr River and the range acts as an eastern boundary of the Anadyr Lowlands.[4]

The highest mountain of the Rarytkin Range is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) high Mount Palets (гора Палец). It rises in the central area of the range.[1]

Lake Krasnoye is located at the feet of the northwestern part of the range. Rare fossil plants of the Maastrichtian and Eocene periods have been found in the range. Some of them are now kept in the Botanical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5][6][7]

Flora and climate

There are shrub thickets of Japanese stone pine and alder in the lower mountain slopes. The upper elevations are covered with mountain tundra. The Rarytkin Range has a subarctic climate, somewhat moderated by the proximity of the ocean.[4]

Bibliography

Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic

References

Topographic maps - GHZ
Atlas of Russia
Google Earth
Рарыткин — Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978
Golovneva, L.B. (1994). "The flora of the Maastrichtian-Danian deposits of the Koryak Upland, Northeast Russia". Cretaceous Research. 15 (1): 89–100. Bibcode:1994CrRes..15...89G. doi:10.1006/cres.1994.1004.
Akhmetiev, M. A.; Samsonenko, V.L. (March 1997). "New Species of the Eocene Plants from the Rarytkin Ridge (North Korjakia)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Palaeogene of the Rarytkin ridge, NE part of Koryakskoe Upland

External links

Palaeogene of the Rarytkin ridge, NE part of Koryakskoe Upland

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[GHZ-1] Topographic maps - GHZ

[2] Atlas of Russia

[GЕ-3] Google Earth

[GSE-4] Рарыткин — Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978

[5] Golovneva, L.B. (1994). "The flora of the Maastrichtian-Danian deposits of the Koryak Upland, Northeast Russia". Cretaceous Research. 15 (1): 89–100. Bibcode:1994CrRes..15...89G. doi:10.1006/cres.1994.1004.

[6] Akhmetiev, M. A.; Samsonenko, V.L. (March 1997). "New Species of the Eocene Plants from the Rarytkin Ridge (North Korjakia)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[7] Palaeogene of the Rarytkin ridge, NE part of Koryakskoe Upland