Mount Chersky
Mountain in Russia
Mount Chersky
Location in Buryatia
Russian Far East
South Siberian Mountains
Mount Chersky (Russian: Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.
This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.[1]
Geography
This 2,572 m (8,438 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Природа Байкала - гора Черского (in Russian)
- ^ a b "Gora Cherskogo". PeakVisor.
- ^ Google Earth
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