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Mus-Khaya (, ) is a
mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in
Sakha Republic Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...
,
Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
and the highest point of the Suntar-Khayata Range with an elevation of or . The mountain is located south of the
Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circle of latitude, circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the Antarctic Circle. The Arctic Circl ...
and southwest of
Oymyakon Oymyakon is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a ''village#Russia, selo'') in Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located in the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands, along the Indigirka River, northwest of Tomtor, Oy ...
. ''Mus-Khaya'' means ''Icy Mountain'' in Sakha.


See also

* List of mountains of Russia *
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


"Mus-Khaya, Russia" on Peakbagger

To the top of Mus Khaya
(in Russian) Mountains of the Sakha Republic Highest points of Russian federal subjects Suntar-Khayata {{SakhaRepublic-geo-stub