Iskhodnaya (Russian: Исходная), is a mountain in the Chantal Range. Administratively it is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation.
| Iskhodnaya | |
|---|---|
| Исходная | |
 Sentinel-2 image of the summit area. | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,887 m (6,191 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 67°48′59″N 178°17′19″E / 67.81639°N 178.28861°E |
| Geography | |
  Iskhodnaya | |
| Parent range | Chantal Range, Chukotka Mountains |
Geography edit
This 1,775 m (5,823 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Chukotka Mountains, part of the East Siberian System of ranges.[1] It rises just above the northern bank of the high course of the Chantalvergyrgyn River.[2]
The height of the summit is 1,887 metres (6,191 ft) according to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.[1] According to other sources it is 1,843 metres (6,047 ft) high.[3][4] The same mountain is marked as a 6,081-foot-high (1,853 m) peak in the C-8 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts. The same map shows another peak that is 6,047-foot-high (1,843 m), just a short distance to the west in the same ridge of the Chantal Range.[5]
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Chukchi Highlands / Great Russian Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . – M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017.
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Czukockie, Góry – Encyklopedia PWN – źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy, encyklopedia.pwn.pl
- ^ Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu, tom 2 Góry Azji, Katowice: Wydawnictwo STAPIS, 2005, ISBN 83-88212-42-7.
- ^ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet C-8
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