Anyuy Mountains
| Anyuy Range | |
|---|---|
| Анюйский хребет | |
| File:Анюйский.jpg Landscape of the range. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Blokhin Peak |
| Elevation | 1,779 m (5,837 ft)[1] |
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 380 km (240 mi) ENE/WSW |
| Width | 80 km (50 mi) NNW/SSE |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East |
| Parent range | East Siberian System |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Rock age(s) | Upper Jurassic, Triassic |
| Rock type(s) | Sandstone, schist, mudstone and granite intrusions |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | from Bilibino |
The Anyuy Mountains (Russian: Анюйский хребет; Anyuyskiy Khrebet), also known as South Anyuy Range, are a range of mountains in far north-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The area of the range is largely uninhabited.
Geography
[edit | edit source]To the north rises the Chuvanay Range and to the northeast the Ilirney Range, on the other side of the Maly Anyuy River.[2] The Anyuy Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of the Anadyr Highlands.[3] To the east of the eastern end of the range rises the Shchuchy Range, stretching in a roughly southwestern direction, and to the south of the range rises the roughly parallel Oloy Range of the Kolyma Mountains.[2]
Although there are no glaciers in the range in present times, there is evidence of ancient glaciation. The Anyuy Range is drained by rivers Maly Anyuy, Bolshoy Anyuy, and Omolon.[4] The highest point is 1,779 metres (5,837 ft) high Blokhin Peak (Пик Блохина) at Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.,[1] and the second highest 1,759 metres (5,771 ft) high Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii (Soviet Guard Peak).[5]
In 1952 a volcano was discovered in the southern part of the range following examination of aerial images. The volcano was named Anyuyskiy.[6]
Flora
[edit | edit source]There are sparse forests of larch in river valleys and the mountain slopes are covered with tundra vegetation, with rocky mountain tundra on the ridges and peaks.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Блохина, пик - National atlas of Russia
- ^ a b Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
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- ^ a b South Anyui Range // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- In the Anyuy Volcano (На Анюйском вулкане) basov_chukotka — LiveJournal
