The Pekulney 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 desolate and uninhabited.Пэкульней

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, in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M, 1969 The term "Pekulney" means "knife mountain" in the

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Geography

The Pekulney Range is a southern prolongation of the Chukotka Mountains, part of the East Siberian System of ranges.

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This mountain chain runs in a roughly north/south direction for about , extending both north and south of the

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. It is limited to the west by the Anadyr Highlands with the Osinov Range, and the Belaya River with its tributary Bolshaya Osinovaya. To the east the range is bound by the valley of the Tanyurer River. Both the rivers limiting the range to the west and to the east are flowing southwards.ЧУКОТСКОЕ НАГОРЬЕ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия, bigenc.ru ostęp 2019-06-30 The highest point of the Pekulney Range is high Kolyuchaya peak. At its southern end the range reaches the Anadyr Lowland. There are four cirque glaciers on the mountains of the range, as well as some perennial snow fields, with a total area not exceeding .

Flora

The Pekulney Range has a barren look. The mountain slopes are covered with very little vegetation, mainly grasses, shrubs and " dwarf cedar", up to to . At higher elevations there is only rocky

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. The climate of the area is

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References

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