Mount Chersky
Appearance
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Mount Chersky | |
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Гора Черского | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,572 m (8,438 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,596 m (5,236 ft)[2] |
Listing | List of ultras of Northeast Asia |
Coordinates | 55°03′56″N 108°41′06″E / 55.06556°N 108.68500°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Buryatia / Irkutsk Oblast Russian Far East |
Parent range | Baikal Range, South Siberian Mountains |
Mount Chersky (Russian: Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.
This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.[1]
Geography
[edit]This 2,572 m (8,438 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Природа Байкала - гора Черского (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Gora Cherskogo". PeakVisor.
- ^ Google Earth