Stanovoy Range
Stanovoy Range | |
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Outer Khingan | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Skalisty Golets[1] |
Elevation | 2,412 meters (7,913 ft) |
Coordinates | 55°51′N 130°43′E / 55.850°N 130.717°E |
Dimensions | |
Length | 720 km (450 mi) SW/NE |
Width | 180 km (110 mi) NW/SE |
Geography | |
Country | intrusions |
The Stanovoy Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т, Stanovoy khrebet; Yakut: Сир кура) is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian, or the Stanovoy Mountains or Outer Khingan Range in English. The range was first studied and scientifically described by Russian researcher Alexander von Middendorff.[2]
History
The range formed the border between Russia and China from 1689 (Treaty of Nerchinsk) to 1858 (Treaty of Aigun).
Etymology
The
Geography
The range runs roughly from west to east at the southern end of the
The highest point of the range is Skalisty Golets, a ‘’golets’’-type mountain with a bald peak, at 2,412 meters (7,913 ft).[7]
Hydrography
The Stanovoy Range separates the watershed of the
See also
References
- ^ География знаний. - Горы
- ^ Stanovoy Range - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- ^ Melnikov A.V. Stanovoy Range, in Toponymic dictionary of the Amur region. - Blagoveshchensk: Khabarovsk book publishing house, 2009. - 232 p
- ^ Pospelov E.M. Туристу о географических названиях. M .: Profizdat, 1988
- ^ The Mountains of Southern Siberia
- ^ Физическая география СССР - Ландшафтные области гор Южной Сибири - Байкальско-Становая область
- ^ Gora Skalistyy Golets - Peak Visor
- A.M. Prokhorov, 2004—2017.
External links
- Kropotkin, Peter Alexeivitch; Bealby, John Thomas (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). p. 777.
- Stanovoi on Peakware