Primorsky Range

The Primorsky Range (Russian: Приморский хребет) is a range of mountains in Southern Siberia, part of the South Siberian Mountains. Administratively the range belongs to the Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation. The settlement of Buguldeyka, Olkhonsky District, is located in the range area.[3]

Not to be confused with Baikal Mountains.
Primorsky Range
Приморский хребет
View of the range rising above Buguldeyka
Highest point
PeakTryokhgolovy Golets
Elevation1,746 m (5,728 ft)[1]
Coordinates53°51′54″N 107°52′29″E[2]
Dimensions
Length350 km (220 mi) NE/ SW
Width50 km (31 mi) NW / SE
Geography
Primorsky Range is located in Irkutsk Oblast
Primorsky Range
Location in the Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
LocationIrkutsk Oblast,
Russian Federation
Range coordinates52°50′N 106°10′E
Parent rangeSouth Siberian System
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockProterozoic
Type of rockGneiss, sandstone, limestone, granite
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Listvyanka

Geography

The Primorsky Range stretches northeastwards for about 350 kilometres (220 mi) along the western shore of Lake Baikal from its southern end. It is located in the area of the sources of the Lena and to the north it connects with the Baikal Range, which also stretches along the lakeshore. Its eastern side is made mostly of rocky cliffs descending steeply to the shores of Lake Baikal, opposite Olkhon Island. The western slopes of the range are more gentle and are facing the Lena-Angara Plateau. The range includes highly developed karst forms.[4][3][1]

The highest point of the Primorsky Range is Tryokhgolovy Golets, a 1,746 metres (5,728 ft) high ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak, located in the northern section. Other high peaks are 1,658 metres (5,440 ft) high Sarminsky Golets, 1,657 metres (5,436 ft) high Khargitui Golets and 1,336 metres (4,383 ft) high Moryany Golets.[5][6][3]

Hydrography

The Primorsky Range acts as a watershed between the rivers of the Lake Baikal and the Angara/Lena basins. Short and fast-flowing rivers have their sources in the range, including the Anga, Bolshaya Buguldeyka, Sarma and Goloustnaya, which flow into Lake Baikal. Also several left tributaries of the Lena, such as the Ilikta and Manzurka, as well as several small right tributaries of the Angara flow from the range.[2][3]

Flora

The gentler slopes of the range are mainly covered with pine and larch forests and the northern half of the eastern slopes with steppe vegetation. There are bare summits (golets) in the higher elevations.[4]

See also

References
  1. "N-48 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. URSS 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet E-8
  3. Google Earth
  4. Приморский хребет / Great Soviet Encyclopedia; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017.
  5. "Хребет Приморский" (in Russian). Baikal Shamora.
  6. Geological map of the Russian Federation (in Russian)
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