The Kisilyakh Range ( rus, Кисиляхский хребет; sah, Киһилээх) is a mountain range in the

Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...

Far Eastern Federal District The Far Eastern Federal District (russian: Дальневосто́чный федера́льный о́круг, ''Dalnevostochny federalny okrug'') is the largest of the federal districts of Russia, eight federal districts of Russia but t ...

, Russia.Khrebet Kisilyakh - Geonames
/ref> The nearest city is

Batagay Batagay (russian: Батага́й; sah, Баатаҕай, ''Baatağay'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River. As of the ...

, and the nearest airport

Batagay Airport Batagay Airport is an airport serving the urban locality of Batagay, Verkhoyansky District, in the Sakha Republic of Russia, ashore the Yana River The Yana ( rus, Я́на, p=ˈjanə; sah, Дьааҥы, ''Caañı'') is a river in Sakha in ...

. The mountains are topped by

kigilyakh Kigilyakh or kisiliyakh ( rus, кигиляхи; sah, киһилээх, meaning "stone person") are tall, pillar-like natural rock formations looking like tall monoliths standing more or less isolated. Usually they are composed of granite or s ...

rock formation A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting the existing rock. The term ''rock formation'' can also refer to specific sediment ...

s. Some of the finest kigilyakhs in Yakutia are located in this range,Kisilyakh Mountains
/ref> the tallest among them reaching a height of .Types of weathering
/ref> ''Kisilyakh'' means "Mountain having a man" or "Mountain married" in the

Yakut language Yakut , also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa or Saxa ( sah, саха тыла), is a Turkic language spoken by around 450,000 native speakers, primarily the ethnic Yakuts and one of the official languages of Sakha (Yakutia), a federal republic ...

.''ЛАНДШАФТЫ КАК ОТРАЖЕНИЕ ТОПОНИМОВ ЯКУТИИ'' (Landscapes as a Reflection of the Toponyms of Yakutia)
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Geography

The Kisilyakh Range rises at the northeastern end of the

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 O ...

, in the Sakha region. The mountains are of middle height and the range is one of the smallest of the system. It stretches in a roughly WNW/ESE direction for about . The highest peak is high.Kigilyakhi of Yakutia
/ref> The range consists of two ridges divided into an eastern and western part by a cleft.Bekman Igor Nikolaevich, ''Verkhoyansk Saga'' (in Russian)
/ref> The Khadaranya and the Ymiysky ranges, other northern subranges of the Chersky Mountains, rise further to the east, beyond the Nenneli, a tributary of the

Oldzho The Oldzho ( rus, Ольджо; sah, Олдьо), also known as Oldyo (Ольдё) or Olduo (Олдьуо), is a river in the Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Yana. The length of the river is and t ...

river. The Kurundya Range rises to the east and southeast. The

Adycha The Adycha (russian: Адыча; sah, Адыаччы) is a river in the Republic of Sakha in Russia. It is a right hand tributary of the Yana, and is long, with a drainage basin of . At the end of the Soviet period, a big dam with a hydroelectri ...

River flows across the range in its western part and the

Tuostakh , name_native = , name_native_lang = Yakut , image = Kisilyakh Mountains - ONC C-6.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = Map section showing part of the course of the Tuostakh in the lower center , ...

, one of its main tributaries, to the south.

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sentstory.ru / Yakutia, KisilyakhLandscapes as a reflection of the toponyms of Yakutia
Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic Chersky Range Tourist attractions in the Sakha Republic sah:Киһилээх

Geography

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