Taikan Range

Taikan Range
Тайканский хребет
Taikan Range map section
Highest point
PeakUnnamed
Elevation2,370 m (7,780 ft)
Coordinates53°36′25.2″N 134°34′30″E / 53.607000°N 134.57500°E / 53.607000; 134.57500[1]
Dimensions
Length200 km (120 mi) SW/NE
Width50 km (31 mi) NW/SE
Geography
Taikan Range is located in Khabarovsk Krai
Taikan Range
Taikan Range
Location in Khabarovsk Krai
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKhabarovsk Krai
Range coordinates54°N 135°E / 54°N 135°E / 54; 135
Climbing
Easiest routeFrom Chumikan

The Taikan Range (Russian: Тайканский хребет; Chinese: 札格第嶺) is a mountain range in Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. The closest inhabited place is Chumikan, Tuguro-Chumikansky District. The nearest airport is Chumikan Airport.[2]

There are deposits of Irnimite (blue jasper) in the northwestern spurs of the Taikan Range, in the river basins of the Nimi and its tributary the Ir.[3] The mineral Taikanite is named after this mountain range.[4][5]

  1. ^ GeoHack - Taykanskiy Khrebet
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ "Река Ир in the State Water Register of Russia". textual.ru (in Russian).
  4. ^ Taikanite Mineral Data - Mineralogy Database
  5. ^ Taikan Ridge, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia