Eastern Sayan
| Eastern Sayan | |
|---|---|
 Eastern Sayan in the upper center of the picture |
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 Munku Sardyk |
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| Highest peak | Munku Sardyk ( 3491 m ) |
| location |
Krasnoyarsk Region , Irkutsk Oblast , Tuva , Buryatia ( Russia ), Chöwsgöl-Aimag ( Mongolia ) |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 43 ' N , 100 ° 36' E |
The Eastern Sayan ( Russian Восто́чный Сая́н ; also Eastern Sayan ) is a mountain range in the south of Siberia .
The East Sayan is occasionally combined with the West Sayan branching off to the southwest to form the " Sayan Mountains ". It extends over a length of 1000 km from the Krasnoyarsk region in the west, across the Irkutsk Oblast , the northeastern part of the Tuva Republic , the southern part of Buryatia to the southern shore of Lake Baikal and Mongolia in the east. The mountain range is divided into two parts by a rift valley: a part in the northeast that originated in the late Precambrian and a southwest part that originated in the early Caledonian orogeny .
Mountains (selection)
Listed below are a number of peaks along the main ridge of Eastern Sayan in a west-east direction:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
- Munku Sardyk ( 3491 m ) ( ⊙ ), Buryatia (Russia), Mongolia
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Ostsajan in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)