Ulakhan-Chistay Range

The Ulakhan-Chistay Range (Russian: Улахан-Чистай; Yakut: Улахан Чыыстай сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation.[2]

Ulakhan-Chistay Range
Улахан-Чистай
A ridge of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range reflected on Lake Buyunge
Highest point
PeakMount Pobeda
Elevation3,003 m (9,852 ft)
Coordinates65°8′N 145°59′E[1]
Dimensions
Length250 km (160 mi) NW / SE
Geography
Ulakhan-Chistay Range is located in Sakha Republic
Ulakhan-Chistay Range
Ulakhan-Chistay Range
Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia
LocationSakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District
Parent rangeChersky Range,
East Siberian System
Geology
Type of rockGranite

A section of the range, including the upper course of the Moma River basin, as well as the Buordakh Massif with Mount Pobeda, is part of the Moma Natural Park, one of the protected areas of Russia.[3]

Geography
View of the Buordakh Massif, where the highest elevations of the range are found.

The Ulakhan-Chistay Range is the highest subrange of the Chersky Range system. It displays a clear Alpine relief and extends from NW to SE for about 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of the Moma Range. It is parallel to the latter and separated from it by a wide intermontane basin, where the Ulakhan-Chistay River and the Moma River flow from the southeast and join the Indigirka. From the southwest the range is bound by the Erikit River, a left tributary of the Moma, and the Nera Plateau, beyond which rises the Tas-Kystabyt, also known as (Sarychev Range).[4]

The highest point of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range is 3,003 metres (9,852 ft) high Mount Pobeda. It is the highest mountain of the Chersky Range and also the highest of Yakutia. In the range there are glaciers with a total area of about 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi).[2]

Part of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range on the bottom left side of the image.

See also

References
  1. Map of Tsep’ Ulakhan Chistay in Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia
  2. Ulakhan-Chistay / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017.
  3. Moma Natural Park
  4. Google Earth
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