Mount Chersky

Mount Chersky (Russian: Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.

For the mountain in the Komarinsky Range, see Chersky Peak.
Mount Chersky
Гора Черского
Mount Chersky
Location in Buryatia
Highest point
Elevation2,572 m (8,438 ft)[1]
Prominence1,596 m (5,236 ft)[2]
ListingList of ultras of Northeast Asia
Coordinates55°03′56″N 108°41′06″E[2]
Geography
LocationBuryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Russian Far East
Parent rangeBaikal Range,
South Siberian Mountains

This peak is named after russian explorer Ivan Cherskiy (1845 - 1892), 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
  1. Природа Байкала - гора Черского (in Russian)
  2. "Gora Cherskogo". PeakVisor.
  3. Google Earth
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