The Ukvushvuynen Range ( Russian : горы Уквушвуйнен ; Chinese : 乌克武什武伊年山 ), also known as Meingypilgyn Range ( Russian : Мэйнгыпильгынский хребет ), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Russian Far East . Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District .
6-838: The Ukvushvuynen Range is the easternmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands , East Siberian Mountains . It stretches roughly from east to west in southern Chukotka, between the Koyverelan Range to the west and Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea to the east. To the northwest rises the Rarytkin Range and the Velikaya River flows into the Anadyr Lowlands . To the southwest stretches the Komeutyuyam Range . The highest mountains of
12-748: A small part in Magadan Oblast . The highest point in the system is the 2,562-metre high (8,406 ft) Mount Ledyanaya , located in the Ukelayat Range , in the central part of the mountains. The Koryak Mountains rise south of the Anadyr River , and northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula . The Koryak Highlands are one of the largest glacial systems in the northern part of the Russian Far East. There are numerous glaciers and ice fields in some of
18-505: The Ukvushvuynen Range are located in its western part. The highest summit is 1,423 metres (4,669 ft) high Gora Krasnaya (гора красная), rising to the south of lake Yanragytgyn . Other high peaks of the range are 1,407 metres (4,616 ft) high Gora Tsirk (гора цирк) and 1,058 metres (3,471 ft) high mount Kenkeren (кэнкэрэн), the latter rising above the NW side of lake Maynits in
24-516: The central part of the range. Vaamochka and Pekulney are coastal lagoons that lie on the southern side of the range. The range has 28 mountain glaciers . The Kakanaut River , a small river flowing southwards in the central part of the range into the NE bay of Lake Pekulney, gives its name to the Kakanaut Maastrichtian geological formation . There are shrub areas of Siberian pine in
30-523: The lower mountain slopes, while the upper elevations are covered with mountain tundra . The Ukvushvuynen Range has a subarctic climate , somewhat moderated by the proximity of the ocean. The average temperature in January is −20 °C (−4 °F) and the temperature in July is 10 °C (50 °F). Very little precipitation falls in winter in the form of snow, most falls as rain in the summer. The average depth of
36-584: The snow cover is 50 centimeters (20 in). This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Koryak Highlands The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands ( Russian : Корякское нагорье ) are an area of mountain ranges in Far-Eastern Siberia , Russia , located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai , with
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