Mus Chaja
| Mus Chaja | ||
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| height | 2959 m | |
| location | Sakha Republic ( Russia ) | |
| Mountains | Suntar Chajata Mountains ( Verkhoyansk Mountains ) | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 36 '38 " N , 140 ° 56' 16" E | |
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| rock | granite | |
The Mus Chaja ( Russian Мус-Хая ; Yakut Муус Хайа ) is at 2959 m above sea level the highest mountain in the Verkhoyansk Mountains in the northeast of the Asian part of Russia .
It is located in the center of Eastern Siberia around 485 km south of the Arctic Circle in the Suntar-Chajata mountain range , the southeastern branch of the elongated mountain range. Only about 135 km northeast of this mountain is Oymyakon - "the cold pole of the inhabited earth ".