The Anyuy Mountains (russian: Анюйский хребет; ''Anyuyskiy Khrebet''), also known as South Anyuy Range are a range of mountains in far north-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

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. The area of the range is largely uninhabited.

Geography

To the north rises the

Chuvanay Range The Chuvanay Range (russian: Чуванайские Горы), also known as Chuvan Mountains (Чуванский хребет), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibin ...

and to the northeast the

Ilirney Range The Ilirney Range (russian: Илирнейский кряж) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Bilibino District. The village of Ilirney is located southwest of the centr ...

, on the other side of the

Maly Anyuy River The Maly Anyuy (russian: Ма́лый Аню́й; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma basin in the Russian Far East. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative r ...

. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
/ref> The Anyuy Range is part of the

East Siberian System 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 Ber ...

of mountains and is one of the subranges of the

Anadyr Highlands The Anadyr Highlands ( rus, Анадырское нагорье, r=Anadyrskoye Nagorye) are a mountainous area in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Geography The Anadyr Highlands are one of the two main mountai ...

. To the east of the eastern end of the range rises the Shchuchy Range, stretching in a roughly southwestern direction, and to the south of the range rises the roughly parallel

Oloy Range The Oloy Range ( rus, Олойский хребет) is a mountain range in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Kolyma Mountains The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=Kolymskoye 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 Ko ...

. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
/ref> Although there are no glaciers in the range in present times, there is evidence of ancient glaciation. The Anyuy Range is drained by rivers

Maly Anyuy The Maly Anyuy (russian: Ма́лый Аню́й; ''maly'' meaning "little") is a river in the Kolyma basin in the Russian Far East. Most of the basin of the Maly Anyuy and its tributaries belongs to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug administrative r ...

Bolshoy Anyuy The Bolshoy Anyuy (russian: Большой Анюй; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. ...

, and

Omolon The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...

. The highest point is high

Blokhin Peak Blokhin Peak (russian: link=no, Пик Блохина), is a mountain in the Anyuy Range. Administratively it is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth This high mountain is the highest point of The Anyuy Mounta ...

(Пик Блохина) at , Блохина, пик - National atlas of Russia
/ref> and the second highest high

Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii (russian: link=no, пик Советской Гвардии, meaning "Soviet Guard Peak"), is a mountain in the Anyuy Range. Administratively it is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.Google Earth This ...

( Soviet Guard Peak).South Anyui Range //

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...

: n 30 vol. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. In 1952 a volcano was discovered in the southern part of the range following examination of aerial images. The volcano was named

Anyuyskiy Anyuyskiy (russian: Анюйский Вулкан; ''Annuyskiy Vulkan'') is an extinct volcano in the Anyuy Mountains, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Russia. It is formed by two systems: one is formed by long lava flows which disrupted t ...

Flora

There are sparse forests of

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...

in river valleys and the mountain slopes are covered with tundra vegetation, with rocky

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

on the ridges and peaks.

References

External links

In the Anyuy Volcano ''(На Анюйском вулкане)'' basov_chukotka — LiveJournal
Mountain ranges of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub

Geography

Flora

See also

References

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