Muisky Gigant (russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the
Southern Muya Range,
Stanovoy Highlands,
Russia. Administratively it is located in
Buryatia
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Russian Federation.
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Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigant, took place on 8 July 1993, by a group of students of the
Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers led by
alpinist and tour organizer
Alexander Kuzminykh.
Geography
Muisky Gigant is a massive-looking mountain, an
ultra-prominent peak, rising about southwest of
Taksimo, the administrative center of
Muysky District
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At this mountain is the highest peak of the Southern Muya Range.[ ] Muisky Gigant rises from a massif that constitutes a short spur of the main axis of the range. The Bambukoy River, a left tributary of the Bambuyka of the Vitim river basin, has its sources in the southeastern slopes of the mountain.
See also
* List of mountains and hills of Russia
* List of ultras of Northeast Asia
* Mount Shaman, the highest peak of the range on the Transbaikalia side
References
External links
Гигантомания (in Russian)
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Stanovoy Highlands
Mountains of Buryatia