Gora Sovetskaya (, meaning "Soviet Mountain"), also known as Berry Peak, is a mountain on

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. Administratively it is part of the

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This mountain is the highest point of Wrangel Island. It is located in the area near the center of the island, in the Central Mountain Range that runs across Wrangel Island from east to west.

History

The mountain is conspicuous from the sea and was first described by

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Thomas Long in 1867 as having "the appearance of an extinct

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." It was named "Berry Peak" by the

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in 1881 after U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert M. Berry,

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of the steamer , who led the group which landed on the island. As a result of the surveys of the time, Berry Peak was marked as a mountain by the

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. By the early 20th century other surveys of the mountain had been carried out from the shore, but once inland it was not clear which mountain was "Berry Peak." The mountain was properly surveyed in 1938, by which time the island had become part of the

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in the

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. The correct elevation was found to be and the peak was named Gora Sovetskaya.Russia's Far East and Wrangel Island
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References

External links

Skrylnik G.P. – Climomorphogenesis and stability of geosystems of Wrangel Island // Arctic and Antarctic. – 2019.- No. 3. – S. 1 – 15. DOI: 10.7256 / 2453–8922.2019.3.29896
(in Russian) {{ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug-geo-stub Sovietskaya Wrangel Island Mountains of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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