The Ichigem Range (russian: Ичигемский Хребет) is a range of mountains in

Magadan Oblast Magadan Oblast ( rus, Магаданская область, r=Magadanskaya oblast, p=məgɐˈdanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Far East region of the country, and is admin ...

and

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. ...

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

. Administratively most of the range falls within the Penzhinsky District of Kamchatka Krai, but the western end reaches into the

Severo-Evensky District Severo-Evensky District (russian: Северо-Эвенский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #1292-OZ and municipalLaw #511-OZ district (raion), one of the eight in Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area ...

of Magadan Oblast. Google Earth

History

The area of the Ichigem Range was first mapped by geographer and ethnologist Baron

Gerhard von Maydell Gerhard Gustav Ludwig von Maydell, Baron von Maydell, (russian: Гергард Людвигович Майдель; 1 May 1835 in Tartu – 17 August 1894 in Koblenz, Germany) was a Russian explorer, cartographer and ethnologist of Estonian descen ...

(1835–1894) during his pioneering research of East Siberia.

Geography

The Ichigem Range is the northwesternmost range of the Koryak Highland system.Mark Nuttall ed. ''Encyclopedia of the Arctic,'' p. 1054 It stretches from WSW to ENE between the upper

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 ...

valley to the north and the basin of the

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 ...

, a Penzhina right tributary, to the south. The

Kolyma Mountains The Kolyma Mountains or Kolyma Upland ( rus, Колымское нагорье, r=Kolymskoye Nagorye) is a system of mountain ranges in northeastern Siberia, lying mostly within the Magadan Oblast, along the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Ko ...

rise at the western limit of the range and the waterlogged lower Penzhina valley marks its eastern end. The mountains of the Ichigem are of moderate altitude. They are covered with

tundra In physical geography, tundra () is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. The term ''tundra'' comes through Russian (') from the Kildin Sámi word (') meaning "uplands", "treeless mo ...

vegetation and have a barren look. The highest point of the range is an unnamed high peak, located in the central sector of the range. There are numerous vestiges of ancient

glaciation A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances. Interglacials, on the other hand, are periods of warmer climate bet ...

in the Ichigem Range, but no modern glaciers. River

has its sources in Mount Stolovaya of the western part of the Ichigem and flows roughly eastwards along the southern limits of the range, beyond which rises the Oklan Plateau (Окланское плато).Atlas of Russia
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Changes on the physical map of Northeast Asia
* ttps://kamchatkatravers.ru/kamchatka/relief/ Рельеф Камчатки Mountain ranges of Magadan Oblast Koryak Mountains Landforms of Siberia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub

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