Mount Chyon

Mount Chyon Гора Чён
Mt Chyon Sentinel-2 image
Highest point
Elevation	2,690 m (8,830 ft)
Prominence	1,740 m (5,710 ft)[1]
Coordinates	65°17′03″N 141°48′10″E[1] [2]
Geography
Location in Yakutia, Russia
Location	Sakha Republic, Russia
Parent range	Silyap Range Chersky Range
Geology
Mountain type	Ultra
Climbing
Easiest route	From Ust-Nera

Mount Chyon (Russian: Гора Чён, romanized: Gora Chyon),[3] also known as "Gora Chen", is a mountain in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. At 2,690 m (8,830 ft) it is the highest summit in the Silyap Range, part of the central Chersky Range, East Siberian System.[1]

An ultra-prominent peak, it rises in a desolate area about 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of the Indigirka.[4][5]

The nearest airport is Ust-Nera Airport.[6]

See also

• List of mountains and hills of Russia
• List of ultras of Northeast Asia

References

1. "Gora Chën". PeakVisor.
2. "Гора Чён (Чёнг)". Wikimapia.
3. Аркадий Андреев, Горы Якутии (Arkady Andreyev, Mountains of Yakutia) p. 30
4. Гора Чён, Республика Саха Якутия, Россия
5. Геологи продолжают путь - Галченко Иннокентий Иванович - IV. Левобережный маршрут
6. Google Earth

External links

• The highest peaks in Russia