The Bolshoy Khapton () is a mountain range in Bauntovsky District,

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. The nearest airport is Bagdarin Airport.

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Geography

This mountain range is located in the northeastern part of the

Vitim Plateau Vitim Plateau is a plateau in Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The plateau is sparsely populated; the main settlements are Romanovka, Republic of Buryatia, Romanovka and Bagdarin. An area of the plateau is an ancient volcanic field with a ...

. It stretches from southwest to northeast for almost 50 km between the Kapylyushi lake group and the southern shores of

Baunt Baunt (; , ''Baunt nuur'') is the name of a body of fresh water in the Bauntovsky District, Buryatia, Russia. The village of Kurort Baunt, where there are some hot springs, is located on the southwestern shore of the lake, at the foot of Mt Bol ...

lake. The Bolshoy Khapton range is part of the watershed of the Tsipikan and Upper

Tsipa The Tsipa () is the largest tributary of the Vitim in Buryatia, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Maksim Perfilyev was the first Russian to reach the Tsipa in 1640. Perch, pike, lenok, grayling, taimen and whitefish are also ...

rivers. In its eastern section it reaches a maximum width of 10 km. The highest point of the range is high Mt Bolshoy Khapton. to the south, across the Tsipikan River, rises the smaller Maly Khapton range, highest point . It runs parallel to the Bolshoy Khapton at the southern limit of the Baunt Depression.

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Morphological, ecological and mtDNA sequence variation in coregonid fish from the Baunt Lake system (the Vitim River basin)
Mountain ranges of Russia Mountains of Buryatia South Siberian Mountains {{Buryatia-geo-stub

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