Mount Chyon (russian: link=no, Гора Чён, translit=Gora Chyon), also known as "Gora Chen", is a mountain in the
Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. At it is the highest summit in the
Silyap Range, part of the central
Chersky Range
The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River and the Indigirka River. Administratively the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the east is within Magadan ...
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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 ...
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An
ultra-prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...
, it rises in a desolate area about west of the
Indigirka
The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana to the west and the Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its basin is .
History
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The nearest airport is Ust-Nera Airport
Ust-Nera Airport is an airport serving the urban locality of Ust-Nera, Oymyakonsky District, in the Sakha Republic of Russia
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See also
*List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal s ...
*List of ultras of Northeast Asia
This is a list of all the ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Northeast Asia. There are 53 in total.
Baikal to Okhotsk
Eastern Siberia
Kamchatka
Kuril Islands
Korea and Manchuria
M ...
References
External links
The highest peaks in Russia
Mountains of the Sakha Republic
Chersky Range
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