Shelag Range

Mountains in far north-eastern Russia
Shelag Range is located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Shelag Range
Shelag Range
Location in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Highest pointPeakMedvezhy LogovoElevation1,105 m (3,625 ft)[1]ListingMountains and hills of RussiaCoordinates69°51′31″N 171°16′34″E / 69.85861°N 171.27611°E / 69.85861; 171.27611DimensionsLength120 km (75 mi) WNW/ESEGeographyLocationChukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Far Eastern Federal DistrictRange coordinates69°45′N 171°30′E / 69.750°N 171.500°E / 69.750; 171.500Parent rangeChukotka Mountains
East Siberian SystemGeologyOrogenyAlpine orogenyAge of rockMesozoic and CenozoicType of rocksandstone, slate

The Shelag Range, Shelag Ridge (Russian: Шелагский хребет) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation. The area of the range is desolate and uninhabited except for a few mining areas.[2][3]

The range was named after the Shelags, a little-known ethnic group that lived on the Arctic coast to the east of Cape Shelagsky.[4]

Geography

The Shelag Range is a northwestern prolongation of the Chukotka Mountains and is the northernmost range of the system.[5] This mountain chain runs in a roughly WNW/ESE direction for about 120 kilometres (75 mi), north of the Arctic Circle and parallel to the East Siberian Sea shore. Its western end is Cape Shelagsky and Chaun Bay and it is limited to the south by the Ichvuveyem Range, which rises by the Ichvuveyem river, beyond which lie the Chaun Lowlands. To the east the range is bound by the valley of the Keveyem (Кэвеем) river. The highest point is 1,105 metres (3,625 ft) high Medvezhy Logovo peak.[6]

Defense Mapping Agency topographical map showing the area of the Shelag Range on the upper right.

Flora

The range has a barren look. The mountain slopes are covered with very little vegetation, mainly grasses, shrubs and "dwarf cedar", up to 300 metres (980 ft) to 500 metres (1,600 ft). At higher elevations there is only rocky mountain tundra.[2] The climate of the area is subarctic.

References

  1. ^ National Atlas of Russia
  2. ^ a b mindat.org Shelagskiy Khrebet, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
  3. ^ ЧУКОТСКОЕ НАГОРЬЕ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия, bigenc.ru [dostęp 2019-06-30].
  4. ^ M. A. Sergeev, Экспедиция В.П. Врангеля и Ф.Ф. Матюшкина и изучение малых народов крайнего Северо-Востока. p. 416
  5. ^ Google Earth
  6. ^ Gora Medvezh’ye Logovo: Russia