Shchuchy Range

The Shchuchy Range (Russian: Щучий хребет),[3] is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of the Anadyr District.

Shchuchy Range
Щучий хребет
Shchuchy Range map section
Highest point
PeakMount Shchuchya
Elevation1,185 m (3,888 ft)[1]
Coordinates65°37′25″N 170°08′40″E[2]
Dimensions
Length120 km (75 mi) NNE/SSW
Width40 km (25 mi) WNW/ESE
Geography
Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
Range coordinates65°35′N 170°0′E
Parent rangeAnadyr Highlands
East Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Markovo

The village of Markovo is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the SSE of the range near the eastern side of its southern end.[2]

Geography

The Shchuchy Range extends for roughly 120 kilometres (75 mi) in a NNE/SSW direction from the southeastern end of the Anadyr Plateau.[4] To the west the mountain range is limited by the course of the Anadyr River, which flows first southwards, then makes a wide bend at the southern end of the range, and then flows roughly northeastwards in a wide valley. Numerous tributaries of the Anadyr have their source on both sides of the range.[3]

The highest point of the Shchuchy Range is 1,185 metres (3,888 ft) high Gora Shchuchya (гора щучья).[1] To the northwest of the range rises the Anyuy Range, stretching in a roughly western direction, and to the west of the SW end of the range rises the Oloy Range of the Kolyma Mountains.[3] The Shchuchy Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of the Anadyr Highlands.[5]

See also

References
  1. АНА́ДЫРСКОЕ ПЛОСКОГО́РЬЕ - Большая российская энциклопедия
  2. Google Earth
  3. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
  4. Анадырское плоскогорье, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  5. Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16
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