The Olyutor Range () is a range of mountains in

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. Administratively the range is part of Olyutorsky District.

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The range is a mainland prolongation of the submerged Shirshov Ridge of the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea ( , ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre, p=ˈbʲerʲɪnɡəvə ˈmorʲe) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasse ...

Geography

The Olyutor Range is a coastal mountain chain, with its eastern flank facing the Bering Sea. It is part of the Koryak Highland system. Despite the relatively small height of the range, its mountains have an alpine character with sharp, pointed ridgetops and steep slopes covered with

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. Deep river gorges and

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s are widespread. The highest point is Greben, a high peak. To the north rises the

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and the southern part of the range forms the

Olyutor Peninsula Olyutor Peninsula () is a peninsula in Kamchatka Krai, Russian Federation. The nearest town is Tilichiki, Olyutorsky District.Google Earth The peninsula is named after the Olyutor people, the ancient inhabitants of the area.Leontiev V.V. , Novik ...

, jutting southwards with the Olyutor Gulf to the west. The southern end of the peninsula is

Cape Olyutor Cape Olyutor () is a cape in the Bering Sea, in Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It points south at the southern end of the Olyutor Peninsula, the southern end of the Olyutor Range.Google Earth It was named after the Alyutor ethnic group. ...

(Mys Olyutorsky).Рундквист Н. Каприз ''блуждающего пальца. Корякское нагорье'' // Широко шагая. — Екатеринбург: Квист, 2014. — 576 с
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Climate and flora

The climate is influenced by the ocean. Summers are short and cool, with frequent fog and rains. Winters are long and cold, often windy, frosts are relatively rare. The mountains are covered with

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s, Erman's birch groves, meadows and coastal

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.V. Yu. Neshataeva, ''Vegetation cover of the North of the Kamchatka Okrug (Kamchatsky Krai) and its geobotanical zoning'' // Ecology and geography of plants and plant communities: Proceedings of the IV International Scientific Conference. - Yekaterinburg, 2018. - April 16. — ISBN 978-5-7741-0341-6

References

External links

The Olutor (Kamchatka, Russia) 20 April 2006 earthquakeMountain - Russia
Koryak Mountains Landforms of Siberia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub pl:Góry Olutorskie ru:Олюторский хребет