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Ukvushvuynen
The Ukvushvuynen Range (russian: горы Уквушвуйнен; zh, 乌克武什武伊年山), also known as Meingypilgyn Range (russian: Мэйнгыпильгынский хребет), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.Google Earth Geography The Ukvushvuynen Range is the easternmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from east to west in southern Chukotka, between the Koyverelan Range to the west and Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea to the east. To the northwest rises the Rarytkin Range and the Velikaya River flows into the Anadyr Lowlands. To the southwest stretches the Komeutyuyam Range. The highest mountains of the Ukvushvuynen Range are located in its western part. The highest summit is high Gora Krasnaya (гора красная), rising to the south of lake Yanragytgyn. Other high peaks of the range are high Gora Tsirk (гор ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Pekulney
Lake Pekulney (russian: Пекульнейское озеро) is a lake of Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The lake has a basin area of which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia. There are commercial fisheries of sockeye salmon in the lake. The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. ''Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic'', p. 130 Geography Lake Pekulney is a coastal lagoon separated from the sea by a narrow spit at its southern end. It is roughly Y-shaped with Pekulveyem Bay in the northwest and Kakanaut Bay in the northeast. The Mayn Channel flows from it in the south connecting it with the Bering Sea. Pekulney Lake is connected by channels with neighboring Lake Vaamochka to the west. The village of Meynypilgyno is located between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanragytgyn
Yanragytgyn (; ) is a freshwater lake in Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot means "a separate lake."Leontiev V.V. & Novikova K.A. ''Toponymic Dictionary of the North-East of the USSR'' / scientific. ed. G. A. Menovschikov; FEB AN USSR . North-East complex. Research institutes. Lab archeology, history and ethnography. - Magadan: Magad. Prince Publishing House, 1989 . Geography Yanragytgyn lies close to the northern slopes of the Ukvushvuynen Range, part of the Koryak Mountains. It is located southwest of lake Krasnoye and northwest of lake Maynits. The lake is roughly pear-shaped and stretches roughly from north to south. The southern section includes a few small islands close to the shore. Yanragytgyn lies in a swampy flat area of the southwestern part of the Anadyr Lowland dotted with thermokarst lakes. An unnamed tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koryak Highlands
The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the Mount Ledyanaya, located in the Ukelayat Range, in the central part of the mountains. Geography The Koryak Mountains rise south of the Anadyr River, and northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Koryak Highlands are one of the largest glacial systems in the northern part of the Russian Far East. There are numerous glaciers and ice fields in some of the ranges, with a total surface of . Subranges The system of the Koryak Mountains comprises a number of subranges,Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 including: * Vetvey Range, highest point * Vaeg Range, highest point * Pakhachin Range, highest point * Apuk Range * Vatyna Range *Penzhina Range, highest point * Gizhigin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadyr Lowlands
The Anadyr Lowlands (russian: Ана́дырская ни́зменность) are a low alluvial plain located in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Geography The lowlands are crossed by the Anadyr River in the middle and the Velikaya in the south. They are bound by the Pekulney Range of the Chukotka Mountains to the northwest, west of which lie the Parapol-Belsky Lowlands (Парапольско-Бельская низменность) beyond which rise the Anadyr Highlands, and by the Rarytkin and Ukvushvuynen ranges of the Koryak Mountains to the south. The mouth of the Anadyr River flows into the Anadyr Gulf of the Bering Sea to the east. The harbor city of Anadyr is located by the mouth on the shore of Onemen Bay in the estuarine area of the river.Google Earth The lowlands are a flat, mostly marshy tundra plain with a maximum height of above sea level. The whole area is dotted with lakes, the largest of which is Lake Krasnoye.Ана́ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Siberian Mountains
The East Siberian Mountains or East Siberian Highlands ( rus, Восточно-Сибирское нагорье) are one of the largest mountain systems of the Russian Federation. They are located between the Central Yakutian Lowland and the Bering Strait in the Far Eastern Federal District and Northeast Siberia. The whole area of the East Siberian System has a very low population density. The territory of the mountain system is one of the Great Russian Regions. In some areas of the East Siberian Mountains, such as the Kisilyakh Range and the Oymyakon Plateau there are kigilyakhs, the rock formations that are highly valued in the culture of the Yakuts. Geography The East Siberian System consists of several separate sections of mountain ranges rising to the north and south of the Arctic Circle. The main group of ranges stretches for a distance of nearly from the Lena River valley to Cape Dezhnev, at the eastern end of the Chukotka Peninsula. Although it reaches a width of roughly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakanaut River
Lake Pekulney (russian: Пекульнейское озеро) is a lake of Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The lake has a basin area of which makes it the second largest lake in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug after Lake Krasnoye, and the 27th largest in area in Russia. There are commercial fisheries of sockeye salmon in the lake. The Kakanaut Formation is a geological formation named after the small river flowing into the lake at the head of its northeastern bay.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. ''Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic'', p. 130 Geography Lake Pekulney is a coastal lagoon separated from the sea by a narrow spit at its southern end. It is roughly Y-shaped with Pekulveyem Bay in the northwest and Kakanaut Bay in the northeast. The Mayn Channel flows from it in the south connecting it with the Bering Sea. Pekulney Lake is connected by channels with neighboring Lake Vaamochka to the west. The village of Meynypilgyno is located between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komeutyuyam Range
The Komeutyuyam Range (russian: Комеутюямский хребет; zh, 科梅乌秋亚姆斯基山) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the northern section of the range belongs to the Anadyr District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and the southern to Olyutorsky District of Kamchatka Krai.Google Earth Geography The Komeutyuyam Range is part of the Koryak Highland system. It stretches parallel to the Bering Sea coast, about inland, in a NE/SW direction between the western end of the Ukvushvuynen Range in the north and the Pikas Range in the south. The valley of the Pikasvayam, the largest tributary of the Ukelayat, marks its southern end. The highest point of the range is Mt Volokvyneitkon (гора Волоквынейткон) — or Mt Valvykvyneitkon (гора Валвыквынейткон), a high peak, located in the southwestern sector of the range, near the limit between Chukotka Auton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anadyr District
Anadyrsky District (russian: Ана́дырский райо́н; Chukchi: , ''Kagyrgyn rajon'') is an administrativeLaw #33-OZ and municipalLaw #148-OZ district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the autonomous okrug and borders with Chaunsky District in the northwest, Iultinsky District in the north and northeast, the Gulf of Anadyr in the east, Koryak Okrug in the south, and with Bilibinsky District in the west and northwest. It also completely surrounds the territory of the town of okrug significance of Anadyr. The area of the district is .Official website of Anadyrsky DistrictGeneral information Its administrative center is the town of Anadyr (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: In terms of area, this is the largest district in the autonomous okrug. The district is located in a mountainous region, the peaks of which provide the catchment areas for the Anadyr River and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynits
Maynits (; ) is a freshwater lake in Anadyr District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth It has an area of almost . There are no permanent settlements on the shores of the lake. The name of the lake in Chukot is derived from ''Mainygytgyn'', meaning "big lake." Geography Maynits lies approximately in the middle of the Ukvushvuynen Range, part of the Koryak Mountains. It is located southeast of lake Yanragytgyn. The lake stretches roughly from north to south and has a larger northern section with a long and wide island in the middle near the northeastern lakeshore. The smaller southern section stretches from NNW to SSE for and has a width of about . Both sections are connected by a narrow sound. The lakeshore is pebbly, made up of small and regular pebbles. The long Gytgypokytkynvaam river enters the lake from the south and the Gytgyveem, a long tributary of the Nygchekveem, flows out of the northern end of the main lake. Maynits freezes in Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gora Krasnaya
Gora may refer to: *Gora (surname) *'' Gora'', a Bengali novel by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore *Gora (musical instrument) *''G.O.R.A.'', a 2004 Turkish comedy film *Goparaju Ramachandra Rao ("Gora", 1902–1975), Indian social reformer and atheist activist Places *Gora (region), in southern Kosovo and north-eastern Albania * Gora, Croatia, a village near Petrinja, Croatia * Góra (other), places in Poland *Gora, Russia, several rural localities in Russia *Gora (Kakanj), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Gora (Vogošća), a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Gora, Krško, a settlement in the Municipality of Krško, Slovenia *Gora nad Sodražico (also known as Gora), Slovenia, a community and parish comprising the villages of Betonovo, Kračali, Janeži, Petrinci, and Kržeti *Gora Ardan, a peak in the western plains of Turkmenistan *Gora Cemetery (other) *Gōra Station is a terminal railway station on the Hakone Tozan Line as well as the Hakone Tozan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rarytkin Range
The Rarytkin Range (russian: хребет Рарыткин; ckt, Ръарыткын) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.Google Earth Geography The Rarytkin Range is the northernmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from southeast to northwest in southern Chukotka, along the left bank of the Velikaya River in its middle and lower course. To the northwest flows the Anadyr River and the range acts as an eastern boundary of the Anadyr Lowlands.Рарыткин — Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978 The highest mountain of the Rarytkin Range is high Mount Palets (гора Палец). It rises in the central area of the range. Lake Krasnoye is located at the feet of the northwestern part of the range. Rare fossil plants of the Maastrichtian and Eocene periods have been found in the range. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
