The Arga-Tas (; ) is a mountain range in far
North-eastern Russia. Administratively it is part of the
Sakha Republic
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(Yakutia),
Russian Federation
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. The range extends along the southwestern part of the
Upper Kolyma District. The village of
Utaya, administrative center of the Utainsky Rural Okrug is located at the feet of the range.
Geography
The Arga-Tas is a subrange of the
Chersky Range
The Chersky Range (, ) is a chain of mountains in northeastern Siberia between the Yana River, Yana and Indigirka River, Indigirka Rivers. Administratively, the area of the range belongs to the Sakha Republic, although a small section in the eas ...
mountain system. It extends from NNW to SSE for almost at the southern end of the
Moma Range and west of the
Kolyma River
The Kolyma (, ; ) is a river in northeastern Siberia, whose basin covers parts of the Sakha Republic, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and Magadan Oblast of Russia.
The Kolyma is frozen to depths of several metres for about 250 days each year, b ...
valley. The Rassokha, a tributary of the
Yasachnaya River, cuts across the range in its middle course.
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The highest point of the Arga-Tas is an
ultra-prominent peak that is high.
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See also
*List of ultras of Northeast Asia
This is a list of all the ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Northeast Asia. There are 53 in total.
Lake Baikal, Baikal to Okhotsk
Eastern Siberia
Kamchatka
Kuril Islands
Korea and Manch ...
References
External links
Ultras of Siberia - Peakbagger.comDanchik-1 › Блог › Открытие в себе Верхнеколымского района. 1 часть. (Views of the area from the air)
Mountain ranges of the Sakha Republic
Chersky Range
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