Gora Ulun (russian: гора Улун, ''Mount Ulun'') is a

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and officially the highest point of the

Badzhal Range The Badzhal Range (russian: Баджальский хребет, ''Badzhalskiy Khrebet'') is a mountain range in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East.Хабаровский край. Путеводитель. — Приамурские ведомо� ...

(Баджа́льский хребет) with an elevation of .

Geography

The Badzhal Range where the peak rises is a mountain chain with a length of approximately 220 kilometers. The mountains are quite deserted and the infrastructure is undeveloped in the area.

Elevations

The third edition of the

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(GSE) listed in 1979 the range with an elevation of , no name was mentioned for the highest mountain. The geographic volume of the GSE listed ''Mount Ulun'' with an elevation of . After the breakdown of the

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topographic maps reduced the elevation to 2,221 m. In 2016, climbers discovered that Gora Korol (гора Король, ''Mount King'') might have an elevation of . The next climbing expedition to the highest mountains of the Badzhal reported for ''Mount King'' an elevation of and for ''Mount Queen'' (гора Королева) nearby an elevation of .

References

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Geography

Elevations

See also

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