Yana-Oymyakon Highlands

Yana-Oymyakon Highlands
Яно-Оймяконское нагорье
Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара
Landscape in Oymyakon
Highest point
Peakup to 2,000 meters (6,600 ft)
Dimensions
Length1,100 km (680 mi)
Width1,050 km (650 mi)
Area1,155,000 km2 (446,000 sq mi)
Geography
Yana-Oymyakon Highlands is located in Far Eastern Federal District
Yana-Oymyakon Highlands
Yana-Oymyakon Highlands
Location in the Far Eastern Federal District, Russia
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakha
Khabarovsk Krai
Magadan Oblast
Range coordinates63°40′N 143°20′E / 63.667°N 143.333°E / 63.667; 143.333
Parent rangeEast Siberian System
Geology
Age of rockProterozoic
Type of rockSandstone, siltstone, clay, shale

The Yana-Oymyakon Highlands (Russian: Яно-Оймяконское нагорье, romanizedYano-Oymyakonskoye Nagorye; Yakut: Дьааҥы хаптал хайалара),[1] also known as Oymyakon Highlands (Russian: Оймяконское нагорье, romanizedOymyakonskoye Nagorye),[2] are a mountainous area in the Sakha Republic, Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The area is named after the main features of the highlands.

Kigilyakhs are found in some places of the plateaus. These are rock formations that are valued in Yakut culture.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GSE-B was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Soviet General Topographic Maps P-54-V,VI
  3. ^ Кисиляхи