Sokhondo Mountain
Golets Sokhondo (Russian: Голец Сохондо) is a mountain in the Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation.
The Sokhondo Nature Reserve, a protected area surrounding the mountain, was named after this emblematic summit when it was established on 11 December 1973.
Geography
This 2,504 m (8,215 ft) high mountain is one of the highest points of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the southwestern part of the highland area, not far north from the border with Mongolia.
Golets Sokhondo is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to a massif which includes a smaller summit, the 2,404 m (7,887 ft) high Little Sokhondo.
See also
References
- ^ PeakVisor Gora Sokhondo
- ^ Сохондинский государственный природный биосферный заповедник
- ^ "Хэнтэй, хребет" [Khentei Range] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Сохондинский биосферный заповедник на сайте «ООПТ России»
- ^ Russian Geographical Society - Expedition to Mt Sokhondo (in Russian)
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Сайт Сохондинского государственного природного биосферного заповедника
External links
- История - Сохондинский государственный природный
- Голец Сохондо - LiveJournal
- ГОЛЕЦ СОХОНДО (Photographic exhibition)
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