Mount Chersky (Russian: Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.

Mount Chersky
Гора Черского
Mt Chersky Sentinel-2 image
Highest point
Elevation2,572 m (8,438 ft)[1]
Prominence1,596 m (5,236 ft)[2]
ListingList of ultras of Northeast Asia
Coordinates55°03′56″N 108°41′06″E / 55.06556°N 108.68500°E / 55.06556; 108.68500[2]
Geography
Mount Chersky is located in Republic of Buryatia
Mount Chersky
Mount Chersky
Location in Buryatia
LocationBuryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Russian Far East
Parent rangeBaikal Range,
South Siberian Mountains

This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.[1]

Geography edit

This 2,572 m (8,438 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Природа Байкала - гора Черского (in Russian)
  2. ^ a b "Gora Cherskogo". PeakVisor.
  3. ^ Google Earth