Gora Sovetskaya (russian: link=no, гора советская, meaning "Soviet Mountain"), also known as Berry Peak, is a mountain in

Wrangel Island Wrangel Island ( rus, О́стров Вра́нгеля, r=Ostrov Vrangelya, p=ˈostrəf ˈvrangʲɪlʲə; ckt, Умӄиԓир, translit=Umqiḷir) is an island of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is the 91st largest island in the w ...

. Administratively it is part of the

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This high mountain is the highest point of Wrangel Island. It is located in the area near the center, in the Central Mountain Range that runs across Wrangel Island from east to west.

History

This mountain is conspicuous from the sea and was first described by Captain Thomas Long in 1867 as having "the appearance of an extinct volcano". It was named "Berry Peak" by the

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in 1881 after American Lieutenant Robert M. Berry, commander of the USS ''Rodgers'', who led the group which landed on the island. As a result of the surveys of the time, Berry Peak was marked as a mountain by the

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. By early 20th century other surveys of the mountain had been carried out from the shore, but once inland it was not clear which mountain was "Berry Peak". The mountain was properly surveyed in 1938, during the time of the

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, when the island had already become part of Russia. The correct elevation was found to be and the peak was named "Gora Sovetskaya".Russia's Far East and Wrangel Island
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References

External links

Skrylnik G.P. – Climomorphogenesis and stability of geosystems of Wrangel Island // Arctic and Antarctic. – 2019.- No. 3. – S. 1 – 15. DOI: 10.7256 / 2453–8922.2019.3.29896
(in Russian) {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub Sovietskaya Wrangel Island Mountains of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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