Khadaranya Range

Khadaranya Range is located in Sakha Republic
Khadaranya Range
Khadaranya Range
Location in Yakutia, Russia
CountryRussiaFederal subjectSakha RepublicRange coordinates68°27′N 138°00′E / 68.450°N 138.000°E / 68.450; 138.000Parent rangeChersky Range,
East Siberian SystemGeologyOrogenyAlpine orogenyType of rockMudstone, clay and graniteClimbingEasiest routeFrom Batagay

The Khadaranya Range (Russian: Хадаранья; Yakut: Хадаранньа)[1] is a mountain range in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest airfield is Batagay Airport.[2]

Geography

The Khadaranya Range rises in the northern sector of the Chersky Range, to the east of the lower course of the Yana River and to the west of the Moma-Selennyakh Depression where the Selennyakh river flows.[3][2]

It stretches in a roughly NNW–SSE direction for about 170 kilometers (110 mi) with the Oldzho river to the north, beyond which rises the Burkat Range, and its tributary Nenneli to the west, beyond which rise the Kisilyakh and Kurundya ranges. The smaller Ymiysky Range (Ымыйский кряж) rises off the northwestern side, and the Tas-Khayakhtakh, one of the main subranges of the Chersky Mountains, rises off the southern end of the range. The highest peak is an unnamed 2,185 metres (7,169 ft) high summit.[3]

Schematic map of the Chersky System, with the Khadaranya roughly in the upper left.

See also

References

  1. ^ Аркадий Андреев, Горы Якутии (Arkady Andreyev, Mountains of Yakutia) p. 18
  2. ^ a b Ridges Russia - Khadaranya Range, Yakutia
  3. ^ a b Google Earth

External links

  • Landscapes as a reflection of the toponyms of Yakutia
  • Ranges of Russia