Hamar-Daban (russian: Хама́р-Даба́н; bua, Һамар дабаан, from - "nut", and , "pass" or "ridge"), is a mountain range in Southern Siberia, Russia.

Geography

The range is located in

Buryatia Buryatia, officially the Republic of Buryatia (russian: Республика Бурятия, r=Respublika Buryatiya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə bʊˈrʲætʲɪjə; bua, Буряад Улас, Buryaad Ulas, , mn, Буриад Улс, Buriad Uls), is ...

, with a small section in Irkutsk Oblast. It rises near the Baikal Mountains not far from

Lake Baikal Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

. It forms a geographic prolongation of the Sayan Mountains. The highest peak is Utulinskaya Podkova at ; high

Chersky Peak Chersky Peak (russian: link=no, Пик Черского; bua, link=no, Хара-Болдог) is a mountain in the Komarinsky Range, Khamar-Daban, Russian Federation. This peak is named after Polish explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892), who gr ...

is another important summit. The southern end of the range is part of the Selenga Highlands. The climate of the northern part of the range is affected by

, being temperate and humid, with precipitation up to per year. The average January temperature is . Khamar-Daban-KamenskBuryatia

Climate

In popular culture

The song of the same name by Yuri Vizbor, written in 1962, is dedicated to the range.

1993 incident

Six members of a seven-person hiking group led by Lyudmila Korovina died in mysterious circumstances in 1993. Valentina Utochenko was the only survivor. While it was reported that all the victims showed the symptoms of bleeding through their eyes and ears and frothing at the mouth, later autopsy examinations ignored these symptoms and claimed signs of hypothermia and protein deficiency in the deceased members of the hiking group as the cause of death.

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