Koryak Mountains
The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands are a mountain range in Far-Eastern Siberia, Russia, located partly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai. It is the second largest mountain range in all of Siberia. The highest point in the range is high Mount Ledyanaya, located in the Ukelayat Range, in the central part of the mountains.Geography
The Koryak Range rises south of the Anadyr River, and northeast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. There are a number of glaciers and ice fields in some of the ranges.Subranges
The system of the Koryak Mountains comprises a number of subranges, including:
- Vetvey Range, highest point
- Vaeg Range
- Pakhachin Range, highest point
- Apuk Range
- Vatyna Range
- Pylgin Range, highest point
- Olyutor Range, highest point
- Neprokhodimy Range, highest point
- Ukelayat Range, highest point
- Koyverlan Range, highest point
- Yuzhno-Mainsky Range, highest point
- Rarytkin Range, at the northern end, close to Lake Krasnoye.
- Ukvushvuynen Range, highest point, the easternmost, close to Lake Pekulney.
Rivers
Rivers Main and Velikaya have their sources in the Koryak Range.
