Kyun-Tas ( rus, Кюн-Тас; sah, Күн Таас) is a mountain range in the

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, Russia. The Kyun-Tas is one of the mountain areas of Yakutia where there are

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 ...

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Geography

The Kyun-Tas is located northeast of

Deputatsky Deputatsky (russian: Депута́тский; sah, Депутатскай, translit=Deputatskay) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ust-Yansky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in t ...

,mindat.org Deputatsky, Ust’-Yanskiy Rayon, Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia
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Selennyakh Range The Selennyakh Range (russian: Селенняхский хребет, ''Selennyakhsky Khrebet''; sah, Силээннээх) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic of the Russ ...

and the western end of the

Polousny Range The Polousny Range ( rus, Полоусный кряж; sah, Полоуснай томтороот) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.Полоусный кряж (Polousny Range) / Great Soviet Encyclo ...

. It rises at the southern limit of the

Yana-Indigirka Lowland The Yana-Indigirka Lowland (russian: Яно-Индигирская низменность; sah, Дьааҥы - Индигир намтала) is a large, low alluvial plain located in northern Siberia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Admini ...

, northwest of the

Aby Lowland The Aby Lowland (russian: Абыйская низменность; sah, Абый Намтала, translit=Abıy Namtala) is a low alluvial plain located in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Administratively most of the t ...

. It is a broad massif with mountains of middle height and smooth slopes.Map - ист карты R-54-XXI,XXII Омчикандя. Масштаб: 1 : 200 000. Указать дату выпуска/состояния местности.
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for about .

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Although the range is smaller, the highest summits of the Kyun-Tas are higher than those of the neighboring Polousny Range. The highest peak, located in the northern part, is high; there is another high peak at the southeastern end that is .

Hydrography

The long

Nuchcha The Nuchcha or Nuuchcha (russian: Нучча; sah, Нуучча) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is the longest tributary of the Chondon. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuchcha flows north ...

, a tributary of the

Chondon The Chondon ( rus, Чондон; sah, Чондоон) is a river in Ust-Yansky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is long, with a drainage basin of . The Chondon mammoth was discovered in 2013 in the Chondon basin, at the feet of th ...

, originates in the range. Also the long

Baky The Baky (russian: Бакы; sah, Бакы) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is one of the northern tributaries of the Yana. The river has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The river flows north of the Arctic C ...

, one of the rivers that forms the

Uyandina The Uyandina (russian: Уяндина; sah, Уйаандьы, translit=Uyaancı) is a river in Yakutia, Russia, a tributary of the Indigirka. The length of the Uyandina is . The area of its drainage basin is . Course The river is formed by the ...

tributary of the

Indigirka The Indigirka ( rus, Индиги́рка, r=; sah, Индигиир, translit=Indigiir) is a river in the Sakha Republic in Russia between the Yana (river), Yana to the west and the Kolyma River, Kolyma to the east. It is long. The area of its ...

, has its source in Lake Baky, located at the junction of the Kyun-Tas and the western end of the Polousny Range.

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Regional populations and migration of moose in northern Yakutia, Russia.
Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic ceb: Khrebet Kyuntas sah:Күн Таас

Geography

Hydrography

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