Golets Kropotkin

Mountain in Russia

Golets Kropotkin

Zabaykalsky Krai,
Russian Far East

Highest pointElevation1,908 m (6,260 ft)^[1]Prominence850 m (2,790 ft)^[1]Coordinates53°43′39″N 117°33′29″E / 53.72750°N 117.55806°E / 53.72750; 117.55806GeographyLocationZabaykalsky Krai,
Russian Far EastParent rangeMuroy Range,
Olyokma-Stanovik

Golets Kropotkin (Russian: Голец Кропоткина) is a peak in the Olyokma-Stanovik Mountains. Administratively it is part of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russian Federation. The peak was named after Peter Kropotkin, who had explored the area in 1864.^[2]

This emblematic summit was declared a natural monument by the Chita Regional Executive Committee order No. 353 on 14 July 1983.^[2]

Geography

This 1,908 m (6,260 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Olyokma-Stanovik, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the western part of the highland area, on the border of Tungokochensky District to the west and Tungiro-Olyokminsky District to the east.^[3]

Golets Kropotkin is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to the Muroy Range, one of the subranges of the Olyokma-Stanovik mountain system.^[2]

Flora

The peak has well-defined altitudinal vegetation zones, with mountain taiga in the lower slopes, followed by pre-alpine woodland and an alpine belt further up. Some of the plants found on the southern sides include Erman's birch, golden rhododendron, Cassiope, alpine bearberry^[2] and golden dock, among others.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b PeakVisor Gora Kropotkina
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Кропоткина, голец" [Kropotkin, Golets] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Google Earth
^ L. I. Malyschev, ed. Flora of Siberia, Vol. 5: Salicaceae-Amaranthaceae. p. 100