Western Sayan
| Western Sayan | |
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 West Sayan to the left of the center of the picture |
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 Pik Swosdni in the Ergaki mountain range |
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| Highest peak | Kyzyl Taiga ( 3121 m ) |
| location | Krasnoyarsk Region , Tuva ( Russia ) |
| part of | South Siberian Mountains |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 19 ′ N , 92 ° 51 ′ E |
The Western Sayan ( Russian За́падный Сая́н ; also Western Sayan ) is a mountain range in the south of Siberia .
The Western Sayan is occasionally combined with the northeastern Eastern Sayan to form the " Sayan Mountains ". It extends over a length of about 650 km over the south of the Krasnoyarsk region and the northern part of the Tuva Republic . The width varies between 80 and 200 km. In the west, the mountain range begins at the source of the Maly Abakan, east of Lake Teletsk . It borders in the west on the Shapshal ridge of the eastern Altai and on the Abakan Mountains south of the Kuznetsk Alatau . In the east, the Western Sayan meets the central section of the Eastern Sayan. The rivers Kasyr , Uda and Kizhi-Chem have their source in the transition area to Eastern Sayan . The Yenisei cuts through the West Sayan at its middle section.
Mountains (selection)
A number of peaks along the main ridge of Western Sayan are listed below, sorted from west to east:
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
- Kyzyl Taiga ( 3121 m ) ( ⊙ ), Krasnoyarsk region (Russia)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article West Sayan in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)