Kuznetsk Alatau
| Kuznetsk Alatau | |
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 Location of the Kuznetsk Alatau (top left) |
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 Sunset in the Kuznetsk Alatau |
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| Highest peak | nameless ( 2211.3 m ) |
| location | Kemerovo Oblast , Republic of Khakassia ( Russia ) |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 52 ' N , 89 ° 18' E |
 Landscape in the Kuznetsk Alatau |
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The Kuznetsk Alatau ( Russian Кузне́цкий Алата́у ; Kyrgyz Alatau = "colorful mountains") is a high mountain range up to 2211.3 m high in southern Russia , Asia .
Geographical location
The mountain range, which is part of the South Siberian Mountains , gradually merges to the north into the West Siberian Plain and to the east it drops to the valley of the Yenisei with the Krasnoyarsk reservoir lying on this river . To the south it goes over the valley of the Abakan into the West Sayan and to the west it drops to the valley of the Toms . The mountain range is about 300 km long.
Highest mountain
The highest mountain of the Kuznetsk Alatau is an unnamed summit with 2211.3 m , which lies between Meschduretschensk in the west-southwest and Sorsk in the east-northeast a few kilometers northeast of the Werchni Sub, which is sometimes referred to as the highest point, belongs to the main ridge and is 2178 m high . In the area of both mountains, the Charatas rises as a tributary of the White Ijus flowing mainly to the north-northeast .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Topographical map (1: 100.000, Bl. N-45-83, edition 1989), highest (nameless) peak (center right) of the Kuznetsk Alatau a . a. with the neighboring summit Werchni Sub as well as Charatas originating there and flowing up to the right; on mapn45.narod.ru (with heights above sea level )
- ↑ a b Article Kuznetsk Alatau in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
literature
- A. Gorkin and others: Geografija Rossii: Enziklopeditscheski slowar . Bolschaja Rossijskaja enziklopedija, Moscow 1997, ISBN 5-85270-276-5 , p. 304 (Russian)
