Angachak Range

The Angachak Range (Russian: хребет Ангачак; also "Большой Ангачак" —"Big Angachak") is a mountain range in the Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[1] The nearest city is Susuman, and the nearest airport Susuman Airport.

Angachak Range
Ангачак
View of the range above Jack London Lake
Highest point
PeakGora Snezhnaya
Elevation2,293 m (7,523 ft)
Dimensions
Length80 km (50 mi)
Width20 km (12 mi)
Geography
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMagadan Oblast
Range coordinates62°0′N 149°20′E
Parent rangeChersky Range,
East Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockGranite
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Susuman

Geography

The Angachak Range rises in the southernmost sector of the Chersky Range System. The range is bound by the Kolyma River valley from the south and in the north it connects with the main ridge of the Chersky Range. Formerly the highest summit was thought to be Pik Aborigen, but updated measurements have found that it wasn't 2,586 metres (8,484 ft) high, but 2,286 metres (7,500 ft) high. Thus the highest mountain of the range is 2,293 metres (7,523 ft) high Gora Snieznaya.[2][3]

The range stretches in a roughly NW/SE direction for about 100 kilometers (62 mi).[4] There are numerous rivers, waterfalls and lakes in the area. In the western part lies Lake Jack London, just beneath Pik Aborigen.[5][6]

Flora and climate

The slopes are covered by sparse larch taiga up to between 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) and 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), above which grow Siberian pine thickets. The higher elevations have only mountain tundra.[2]

The zone of the Angachak Range has a harsh continental subarctic climate. January temperatures vary from −31 °C (−24 °F) to −35 °C (−31 °F). In summer the average July temperature does not exceed 12 °C (54 °F). There are often avalanches in the mountains, and snowstorms are also frequent.[2]

References
  1. Wielka Encyklopedia Gór i Alpinizmu, tom 2 Góry Azji, Katowice: Wydawnictwo STAPIS, 2005, ISBN 83-88212-42-7.
  2. "Колымское нагорье". www.tourism.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. "Пик Абориген: описание, фото, контакты, гиды, экскурсии". www.rutraveller.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-8
  5. Google Earth
  6. "Озеро Джека Лондона - Россия, Russia". russia.rin.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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