The Olyutor Range (russian: Олюторский хребет) is a range of mountains in

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 the range is part of

Olyutorsky District Olyutorsky District (russian: Олю́торский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipalLaw #339-oz district (raion) of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the northeast of ...

. Google Earth The range is a mainland prolongation of the submerged

Shirshov Ridge The Shirshov Ridge is located on the eastern border of the Commander Basin below the Kamchatka Peninsula. It extends directly southward for a distance of 750 km toward the Aleutian arc in the eastern part of the Bering Sea (see figure).E. V. ...

of the

Bering Sea The Bering Sea (, ; rus, Бе́рингово мо́ре, r=Béringovo móre) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and The Amer ...

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

scree Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. Talus deposits typically ha ...

. Deep river gorges and glacial valleys are widespread. The highest point is Greben, a high peak. To the north rises the

Snegovoy Range Snegovoy (russian: Снеговой, meaning "snowy") is a shield volcano located in the northern part of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. See also * List of volcanoes in Russia This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Russia. Europ ...

and the southern part of the range forms the Olyutor Peninsula, jutting southwards with the Olyutor Gulf to the west. The southern end of the peninsula is

Cape Olyutor Cape Olyutor (russian: мыс Олюторский) 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 ...

(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 dwarf forests, Erman's birch groves, meadows and coastal tundra.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