Chukotka highlands
| Chukotka highlands | ||
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| Highest peak | Ischodnaja ( 1843 m ) | |
| location | Chukchi Autonomous Okrug | |
| part of | East Siberian mountain country | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 49 ′ N , 178 ° 17 ′ E | |
The highlands of Tschukotka ( Russian Чукотское нагорье / Tschukotskoje nagorje ; also Anadyrgebirge , russ. Анадырский хребет / Anadyrski Chrebet or Tschukotkagebirge or Tschuktschengebirge , russ. Чукотский хребет / Tschukotski Chrebet ) is a high to 1843 m highland or -gebirge in the extreme Northeast of Russia , in the Far East Federal District .
The highlands or mountains comprise several sub-mountains. As part of the large East Siberian mountains, it borders on the East Siberian Sea in the north as part of the Ekiatapski ridge , is bounded in the east by the Amguema river and extends in the west to Tschaunbucht . The east-west extension is about 450 km. The Pekulnei Mountains , which extend to the Anadyr River , are a continuation in the south. To the east of it extends the Anadyr lowlands . In the southwest, the Chukotka highlands merge with the Anadyr Plateau mountains . The highest point in the Chukotka highlands is the Ischodnaja ( ⊙ ) with 1843 m.
In the highlands of Chukotka several major rivers rise: Amguema with inflows Ekityki and Tschantalweiergyn , Palyavaam River , Pegtymel River , Tanyurer River , as well as the left Jurumkuweiem -Nebenflüsse Bolshoi Pykarwaam and Bolshaya Ossinowaja .
The landscape is hardly inhabited and dominated by the tundra .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Anadyr Mountains in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Article Tschuktschengebirge in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Article Hochland von Tschukotka in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)