Kontalaksky Golets

Kontalaksky Golets
Конталакский Голец
Yablonoi Mountains, Tungokochensky District map section showing location of Kontalaksky Golets
Highest point
Elevation1,706 m (5,597 ft)[1]
Coordinates53°54′47″N 115°41′35″E / 53.91306°N 115.69306°E / 53.91306; 115.69306
Geography
Parent rangeYablonoi Mountains,
South Siberian System
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Tungokochen, Tungokochensky District

Kontalaksky Golets (Russian: Конталакский Голец) is a peak in the Yablonoi Mountains. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.

Geography

This 1,706 m (5,597 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Yablonoi Range, a long mountain chain of moderate elevations which is part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the far northeastern section of the range, just a little north of Tungokochen.[2][3]

The Kontalaksky Golets is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak. It rises to the west of the valley of the Karenga in a largely remote and uninhabited part of Transbaikalia.[2] There are pillar-like rock formations in this mountain similar to the kigilyakhs of Yakutia.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zabaykalsky Krai Mountains - PeakVisor". PeakVisor.
  2. ^ a b Google Earth
  3. ^ Яблоновый хребет, Small Encyclopedia of Transbaikalia
  4. ^ W. Dybowski. "Die Gasteropoden-Fauna des Baikal-Sees : anatomisch und systematisch". Volumes 22-28 of Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Académie Impériale des sciences. 1875. S2CID 127791013.


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