Kolyma Mountains

Kolyma Mountains
Колымское нагорье
Mountains in the Tenkinsky District
Highest point
PeakGora Nevskaya
Elevation1,828 m (5,997 ft)
Dimensions
Length1,300 km (810 mi)
Geography
Kolyma Mountains is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Kolyma Mountains
Kolyma Mountains
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
Kolyma Mountains is located in Magadan Oblast
Kolyma Mountains
Kolyma Mountains
Kolyma Mountains (Magadan Oblast)
CountryRussia
Oblast/Okrug/KraiMagadan, Chukotka and Kamchatka
Range coordinates64°N 159°E / 64°N 159°E / 64; 159
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
Age of rockJurassic, Triassic, Permian and Proterozoic
Type of rockGranite, Gneiss, Schist, Siltstone and Sandstone

The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland (Russian: Колымское нагорье, romanizedKolymskoye Nagorye), is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kolyma region.[1] It constitutes the watershed between the basins of Kolyma River and of the Sea of Okhotsk / Pacific Ocean.[2]

The range's highest point is Mount Nevskaya (гора Невская) in the Omsukchan Range at 1,828 meters (5,997 ft).[3]

  1. ^ "Kolyma Upland". Encyclopædia Britannica. July 20, 1998.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ЭСБЕ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sedov RV, Kolyma highland / Hvorov A. Yu . - Khabarovsk, 2003. - p. 418. - ISBN 5-901725-05-0 .

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