The Oloy Range ( rus, Олойский хребет) is a mountain range in the

Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka (russian: Чуко́тка), officially the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,, ''Čukotkakèn avtonomnykèn okrug'', is the easternmost federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia. It is an autonomous okrug situated in the Russian ...

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, Russia.Олойский хребет

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in 30 vols. / Ch. ed.

A.M. Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known ...

– 3rd ed. – M, 1969-1978. The range is composed of sandstones, siltstones and andesitic tuffs with

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History

The Oloy Range was first mapped in the summer of 1870 by topographer P. Afonasiev who was part of the 1868 - 1870 East Siberia expedition of Baron

Gerhard von Maydell Gerhard Gustav Ludwig von Maydell, Baron von Maydell, (russian: Гергард Людвигович Майдель; 1 May 1835 in Tartu – 17 August 1894 in Koblenz, Germany) was a Russian explorer, cartographer and ethnologist of Estonian desc ...

(1835–1894) and astronomer

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(1830s–1887).

Geography

The Oloy Range rises in the northernmost sector of the

Kolyma Highlands Kolyma (russian: Колыма́, ) is a region located in the Russian Far East. It is bounded to the north by the East Siberian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, and by the Sea of Okhotsk to the south. The region gets its name from the Kolyma River an ...

System. The range runs in a roughly northwest / southeast direction for over , between the

Anyuy Range The Anyuy Mountains (russian: Анюйский хребет; ''Anyuyskiy Khrebet''), also known as South Anyuy Range are a range of mountains in far north-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. ...

to the north and the

Ush-Urekchen The Ush-Urekchen ( rus, уш-урекчен), or ''Ushurakchan'' ( rus, Ушуракчан), is a mountain range in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.

to the south, roughly parallel to both. The

Omolon River The Omolon (russian: Омолон; sah, Омолоон) is the principal tributary of the Kolyma in northeast Siberia. The length of the river is . The area of its basin is . The Omolon freezes up in October and stays under ice until late May t ...

marks its western limit, the

Oloy The Oloy (russian: Олой) is a river in Magadan Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Omolon ( Kolyma's basin). The length of the river is . The area of its drainage basin is . The river flows through sparsely populated areas of Chukotka ...

river, a right tributary of the Omolon, limits it to the south. The Oloychan valley forms the northern boundary, while the eastern limit is not clearly delimited. The highest mountain of the range is a high peak located in the central part of the range,National Atlas of Russia - Chukotka
/ref> not far to the west of high Gora Shebenochnaya. Another important peak is high Mount Snezhnaya, rising in the eastern section. Many rivers originate in the Oloy Range, including tributaries of the Omolon, such as the Oloychan, of the

Bolshoy Anyuy The Bolshoy Anyuy (russian: Большой Анюй; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia. ...

, such as the Pezhenka (Пеженка), as well as of the

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, such as the Yablon and the

Yeropol The Yeropol (russian: Еропол) is a river in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It has a length of and a drainage basin of . The Yeropol is a right tributary of the Anadyr and its basin is in a mountainous area of Chukotka. The village of Ch ...

which have their sources in the eastern area of range.1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-7
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Flora

The slopes of the Oloy Mountains are largely bare and have a barren look, the only vegetation cover being

mountain tundra Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...

. In certain locations there are thickets of dwarf Siberian pine. There is

larch Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus ''Larix'', of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae). Growing from tall, they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the north and high on mountains furt ...

undergrowth Undergrowth usually refers to the vegetation in the lower part of a forest, which can obstruct passage through the forest. The height of undergrowth is usually considered to be 0.3 – 3 m (1 – 9 ft.). Undergrowth can also refer to all ...

along the valleys.

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Kolyma - Tourism
Mountain ranges of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Kolyma Mountains

History

Geography

Flora

See also

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