Moma Natural Park

Moma Natural Park
Moma Natural Park
Moma District, Russia
Coordinates	65°10′N 147°4′E / 65.167°N 147.067°E
Area	2,175,600 hectares (5,376,000 acres)
Established	18 June 1996
Governing body	Ministry of Nature Protection of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Moma Natural Park or Moma Nature Park (

Moma River

basin.

Administratively the park is a part of the

Far Eastern Russia. The nearest city is Khonuu, served by Moma Airport, and the nearest village Sasyr.^[1]

Attractions

The park includes part of the mostly mountainous area of the Ulakhan-Chistay Range, featuring pristine ridges and lakes of environmental and aesthetic value. Visitors may find a whole array of educational and recreational purposes in the area. Some of the main features are:

Mount Pobeda (3,147 metres (10,325 ft)), rising in the Buordakh Massif, is the highest point of the Ulakhan-Chistay, as well as of the Chersky mountain system. Climbing routes
of varying difficulty are marked —up to category 5A.

Moma River valley, featuring the extinct cinder cone volcanoes Balagan-Tas and Uraga-Tas
.

Ulakhan-Taryn (Bolshaya Momskaya Aufeis), a layered ice body formed by frozen river flows. By the end of winter, its dimensions can be 30 km long and 5 km wide with a thickness of 7 meters.^[2]