Golets Sokhondo
| Golets Sokhondo | |
|---|---|
| Голец Сохондо | |
  Golets Sokhondo | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,504 m (8,215 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 933.9 m (3,064 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 49°43′12″N 111°05′06″E / 49.719962°N 111.085136°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Far East |
| Parent range | Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Nikita Sokolov, August 1776[2] |
Golets Sokhondo (Russian: Голец Сохондо) is a mountain in the Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.[3]
The Sokhondo Nature Reserve, a protected area surrounding the mountain, was named after this emblematic summit when it was established on 11 December 1973.[4][5]
Geography
[edit]This 2,504 m (8,215 ft) high mountain is one of the highest points of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the southwestern part of the highland area, not far north from the border with Mongolia.[6]
Golets Sokhondo is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to a massif which includes a smaller summit, the 2,404 m (7,887 ft) high Little Sokhondo.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b PeakVisor Gora Sokhondo
- ^ Сохондинский государственный природный биосферный заповедник
- ^ "Хэнтэй, хребет" [Khentei Range] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Сохондинский биосферный заповедник на сайте «ООПТ России»
- ^ Russian Geographical Society - Expedition to Mt Sokhondo (in Russian)
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Сайт Сохондинского государственного природного биосферного заповедника
External links
[edit]- История - Сохондинский государственный природный
- Голец Сохондо - LiveJournal
- ГОЛЕЦ СОХОНДО (Photographic exhibition)
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