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Shelag Range

The Shelag Range, Shelag Ridge (Russian: Шелагский хребет) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The area of the range is desolate and uninhabited except for a few mining areas.[2][3]

Shelag Range
Шелагский хребет
Highest point
PeakMedvezhy Logovo
Elevation1,105 m (3,625 ft)[1]
ListingMountains and hills of Russia
Coordinates69°51′31″N 171°16′34″E / 69.85861°N 171.27611°E / 69.85861; 171.27611
Dimensions
Length120 km (75 mi) WNW/ESE
Geography
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Far Eastern Federal District
Range coordinates69°45′N 171°30′E / 69.750°N 171.500°E / 69.750; 171.500
Parent rangeChukotka Mountains
East Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockMesozoic and Cenozoic
Type of rocksandstone, slate

The range was named after the Shelags, a little-known ethnic group that lived on the Arctic coast to the east of Cape Shelagsky.[4]

Geography Edit

The Shelag Range is a northwestern prolongation of the Chukotka Mountains and is the northernmost range of the system.[5] This mountain chain runs in a roughly WNW/ESE direction for about 120 kilometres (75 mi), north of the Arctic Circle and parallel to the East Siberian Sea shore. Its western end is Cape Shelagsky and Chaun Bay and it is limited to the south by the Ichvuveyem Range, which rises by the Ichvuveyem river, beyond which lie the Chaun Lowlands. To the east the range is bound by the valley of the Keveyem (Кэвеем) river. The highest point is 1,105 metres (3,625 ft) high Medvezhy Logovo peak.[6]

 
Defense Mapping Agency topographical map showing the area of the Shelag Range on the upper right.

Flora Edit

The range has a barren look. The mountain slopes are covered with very little vegetation, mainly grasses, shrubs and "dwarf cedar", up to 300 metres (980 ft) to 500 metres (1,600 ft). At higher elevations there is only rocky mountain tundra.[2] The climate of the area is subarctic.

References Edit

  1. ^ National Atlas of Russia
  2. ^ a b mindat.org Shelagskiy Khrebet, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
  3. ^ ЧУКОТСКОЕ НАГОРЬЕ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия, bigenc.ru [dostęp 2019-06-30].
  4. ^ M. A. Sergeev, Экспедиция В.П. Врангеля и Ф.Ф. Матюшкина и изучение малых народов крайнего Северо-Востока. p. 416
  5. ^ Google Earth
  6. ^ Gora Medvezh’ye Logovo: Russia

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