The Kelter Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the

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. The area of the range is uninhabited, the nearest settlement is Segyan-Kyuyol,

Kobyaysky District Kobyaysky District (; , ''Kebeeyi uluuha'', ) is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic, Article 45 and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is locat ...

Geography

The Kelter Range is one of the subranges of the

Verkhoyansk Range The Verkhoyansk Range (, ''Verhojanskiy Hrebet''; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, well-known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains. The range lies just west o ...

system and is located in its southwestern section.Verkhoyansk Range
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; in 35 vols. / Ch. ed. Yu. S. Osipov. 2004—2017. It stretches roughly from northwest to southeast to the north of the

Munni Range The Munni Range (; ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic, Russian Federation. Geography The Munni Range is one of the subranges of the Verkhoyansk Range system and is loc ...

, running in an arch in a parallel direction to it. The western end is bound by the valley of the Tagyndzha, a tributary of the Belyanka, and the eastern by the valley of the Eyeges (Эйэгес), a tributary of the Kele. River Tumara cuts across the range in its central part and its right tributary

Nuora The Nuora (; ) is a river in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, a right tributary of the Tumara, of the Aldan (river), Aldan basin, part of the Lena (river), Lena basin. It has a length of and a drainage basin area of . The Nuora flows across ...

flows below the northeastern slopes of the range. The highest point of the Kelter Range is an unnamed high peak. River Lyapiske has its sources at the western end of the range.Geological map of the Russian Federation
(in Russian)

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