Mayak Shangina (russian: link=no, Маяк Шангина) is a mountain in
Altai Krai
Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...
, Russia. At it is the highest point of Altai Krai.
The summit was formerly unnamed. The choosing of the name followed a 2011 initiative of local paper
Altayskaya Pravda journalist Anatoly Muravlev, who came up with the idea to give the peak an official name on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Altai Territory. The name Mayak Shangina honors ethnographer, geologist and botanist
Peter Shangin (1741 - 1816) and it was ratified and officially adopted in 2013.
"Маяк Шангина" - Самая высокая гора Алтайского края названа в честь минералога Петра Шангина
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Description
Mayak Shangina is the highest summit in the Korgon Range
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Nearby towns and villages include Churbek (10 km) and Katrang (8 km). There is another Korgon i ...
, part of the Altai Mountains
The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The m ...
, South Siberian System
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. It rises at the southern end of the Altai Krai, in an area of the Charyshsky District that borders with the Ust-Kansky District
Ust-Kansky District (russian: Усть-Ка́нский райо́н, ''Ust'-Kanskiy rayon''; alt, Кан-Оозы аймак, ''Kan-Oozı aymak''; kz, Қан ауданы, ''Qan audanı'') is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ ...
of the Altai Republic
The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...
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See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal subjects
This is a list of the highest points of the Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation.
List Above 1000 m
Below 1000 m
See also
* List of mountains and hills of Russia
* List of European ultra-prominent peaks
* List of Ultras of Central Asia
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*List of mountains and hills of Russia
This is a list of mountains and hills of Russia.
List by elevation
Over 5000 meters
4000 to 4999 meters
3000 to 3999 meters
2000 to 2999 meters
1000 to 1999 meters
Under 1000 metres
See also
*Highest points of Russian Federal s ...
References
External links
Улицы столицы — пр-д Петра Шангина
Highest points of Russian federal subjects
Landforms of Altai Krai
Altai Mountains
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