The Kelter Range (russian: Кельтерский Хребет; sah, Кэлтэр сис) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

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. The area of the range is uninhabited, the nearest settlement is

Segyan-Kyuyol Segyan-Kyuyol (russian: Сегян-Кюёль; sah, Сиэгэн Күөл, ''Siegen Küöl'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Kirovsky Rural Okrug in Kobyaysky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia.''Regist ...

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Geography

The Kelter Range is one of the subranges of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (russian: Верхоянский хребет, ''Verkhojanskiy Khrebet''; sah, Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, ''Üöhee Chaangy sis khaĭata'') is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settle ...

system and is located in its southwestern section.Verkhoyansk Range
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Munni Range The Munni Range (russian: Муннийский Хребет; sah, Мунньи сис) is a range of mountains in far Russian Far East, North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Federal subjects of Russia, Rus ...

, running in an arch in a parallel direction to it. The western end is bound by the valley of the Tagyndzha, a tributary of the Belyanka, and the eastern by the valley of the Eyeges (Эйэгес), a tributary of the Kele. River

Tumara The Tumara (russian: Тумара; sah, Тумара) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Aldan, part of the Lena basin. It flows across an area that is largely desolate, except for Segyan-Kyuyol village. ...

cuts across the range in its central part and its right tributary

Nuora The Nuora (russian: Нуора; sah, Нуора) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Tumara, of the Aldan basin, part of the Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuora flows ...

flows below the northeastern slopes of the range. The highest point of the Kelter Range is an unnamed high peak. River

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has its sources at the western end of the range.Geological map of the Russian Federation
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Pictures of the areaFishing in Russia
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Geography

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