The Koryak Mountains or Koryak Highlands () are an area of

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s in Far-Eastern

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, located in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and in Kamchatka Krai, with a small part in Magadan Oblast. The highest point in the system is the Mount

Ledyanaya Ledyanaya (russian: Ледяная, meaning "Icy"), is a peak in the Koryak Mountains. Administratively it is part of the Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth This high mountain is the highest point of the Koryak Mountains. It is a ...

, located in the

Ukelayat Range The Ukelayat Range (russian: хребет Укэлаят) is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. The range is part of the Koryak Highland system and administratively it belongs to Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The nam ...

, in the central part of the mountains.

Geography

The Koryak Mountains rise south of the

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, and northeast of the

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. The Koryak Highlands are one of the largest glacial systems in the northern part of the Russian Far East. There are numerous

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s and ice fields in some of the ranges, with a total surface of .Water of Russia - Корякское нагорье (ледниковая система)
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Subranges

The system of the Koryak Mountains comprises a number of subranges,Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, ''A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands.'' p. 16 including: * Vetvey Range, highest point * Vaeg Range, highest point * Pakhachin Range, highest point * Apuk Range * Vatyna Range * Penzhina Range, highest point * Gizhigin Range, highest point * Ichigem Range, highest point * Pylgin Range, highest point *

Olyutor Range The Olyutor Range (russian: Олюторский хребет) is a range of mountains in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The range is a mainland prolongation of the subme ...

, highest point * Neprokhodimy Range, highest point * Southern Mayn Range, highest point * Snegovoy Range, highest point * Pikas Range, highest point *

, highest point * Komeutyuyam Range, highest point * Koyverelan Range, highest point * Rarytkin Range, at the northern end, close to Lake Krasnoye. * Ukvushvuynen Range, highest point , the easternmost, close to Lake Pekulney.

Rivers

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, Khatyrka,

Velikaya The Velikaya () is a river in Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, Sebezhsky, Opochetsky, Pushkinogorsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, and Pskovsky Districts of Pskov Oblast, as well as in the city of Pskov in Russia. It is a major tributary of Lak ...

and Ukelayat, as well as the

Penzhina The Penzhina (russian: Пенжина; Koryak: Мыгыкивэем) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The name "Penzhina" originated the Chukchi word ''"Pennyn"'', meaning "place of attack". In ...

, with its

Oklan The Oklan (russian: Оклан; Koryak: Ыӄлан) is a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The length of the river is and the area of is drainage basin . It is the second most important tributary of the Penzhina after the Belaya. The name of th ...

and Belaya tributaries, are among the main watercourses of the Koryak Mountains.

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Geography

Subranges

Rivers

See also

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