Rarytkin Range

The Rarytkin Range (Russian: хребет Рарыткин; Chukot: Ръарыткын)[2] is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.[3]

Rarytkin Range
Ръарыткын / Рарыткин
View of the range rising beyond Lake Krasnoye.
Highest point
PeakMount Palets
Elevation1,085 m (3,560 ft) [1]
Coordinates64°20′N 175°20′E 
Dimensions
Length200 km (120 mi) NE/SW
Geography
Rarytkin Range
Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
LocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East
Parent rangeKoryak Highlands
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockMesozoic and Paleozoic
Type of rockSandstone, andesite, shale
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Krasneno

Geography

The Rarytkin Range is the northernmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from southeast to northwest in southern Chukotka, along the left bank of the Velikaya River in its middle and lower course. To the northwest flows the Anadyr River and the range acts as an eastern boundary of the Anadyr Lowlands.[4]

The highest mountain of the Rarytkin Range is 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) high Mount Palets (гора Палец). It rises in the central area of the range.[1]

Lake Krasnoye is located at the feet of the northwestern part of the range. Rare fossil plants of the Maastrichtian and Eocene periods have been found in the range. Some of them are now kept in the Botanical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5][6][7]

Flora and climate

There are shrub thickets of Japanese stone pine and alder in the lower mountain slopes. The upper elevations are covered with mountain tundra. The Rarytkin Range has a subarctic climate, somewhat moderated by the proximity of the ocean.[4]

Bibliography

See also

References
  1. Topographic maps - GHZ
  2. Atlas of Russia
  3. Google Earth
  4. Рарыткин — Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969–1978
  5. The flora of the Maastrichtian-Danian deposits of the Koryak Upland, Northeast Russia
  6. New Species of the Eocene Plants from the Rarytkin Ridge (North Korjakia)
  7. Palaeogene of the Rarytkin ridge, NE part of Koryakskoe Upland
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