Silyap Range

Silyap Range
Силяпский хребет / Силэп
Silyap Range Location in Sakha, Russia
Highest point
Peak	Mount Chyon
Elevation	2,690 m (8,830 ft)
Dimensions
Length	100 km (62 mi) W/E
Width	30 km (19 mi) N/S
Geography
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic
Range coordinates	65°15′N 141°45′E
Parent range	Chersky Range, East Siberian System
Climbing
Easiest route	From Ust-Nera

The Silyap Range (Russian: Силяпский хребет; Yakut: Силэп) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest city is Ust-Nera.[1]

Geography

The Silyap Range rises in the central area of the Chersky Range, to the west of the upper course of the Indigirka.[2] Although the range is one of the smallest of the system, it has some of the most massive mountains of the range. The Silyap Range stretches in a roughly west–east direction for about 100 kilometers (62 mi). The highest peak is 2,690 metres (8,830 ft) high Mount Chyon (Гора Чён), also known as "Gora Chen", an ultra-prominent peak.[3]

The larger Borong Range, another subrange of the Chersky Mountains, rises to the northwest, and the Porozhny Range to the north. The northern end of the Tas-Kystabyt rises roughly 70 km to the south of the range.[4][5]

Schematic map of the Chersky System, with the Silyap range roughly in the center.

See also

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

References

1. Moss flora of the Ust-Nera region in the upper course of Indigirka River, East Yakutia
2. A Contribution to the Liverwort Flora of the Upper Course of Indigirka River, East Yakutia
3. Массив Чен
4. Google Earth
5. "P-53_54 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 10 May 2023.

External links

• Поход 1958 года. Хребет Силяпский (горная страна Черского)- Hiking in 1958 in the Silyap Range (in Russian)
• Collecting localities in the upper course of Indigirka River near Ust-Nera Settlement
• Landscapes as a reflection of the toponyms of Yakutia
• Ranges of Russia