Muisky Gigant

Muisky Gigant
Муйский Гигант
Muisky Gigant is located in Republic of Buryatia
Muisky Gigant
Location in Buryatia
Highest point
Elevation3,067 m (10,062 ft)[1]
Prominence2107[1]
Coordinates55°58′38″N 114°26′21″E / 55.97722°N 114.43917°E / 55.97722; 114.43917[1]
Geography
LocationBuryatia, Russia
Parent rangeSouthern Muya Range,
Stanovoy Highlands,
South Siberian System
Climbing
First ascent8 July 1993
Easiest routeFrom Taksimo Airport

Muisky Gigant (Russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation.[2]

Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigant, took place on 8 July 1993, by a group of students of the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers led by alpinist and tour organizer Alexander Kuzminykh.

Geography[edit]

Muisky Gigant is a massive-looking mountain, an ultra-prominent peak, rising about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Taksimo, the administrative center of Muysky District.[3][4]

At 3,067 m (10,062 ft) this mountain is the highest peak of the Southern Muya Range.[5] Muisky Gigant rises from a massif that constitutes a short spur of the main axis of the range. The Bambukoy River, a left tributary of the Bambuyka of the Vitim river basin, has its sources in the southeastern slopes of the mountain.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "HP Yuzhno Muiskyy Khrebet". PeakVisor.
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ Геологи продолжают путь - Галченко Иннокентий Иванович - IV. Левобережный маршрут
  4. ^ Google maps
  5. ^ "Южно-Муйский хребет" [Southern Muya Range] (in Russian). Энциклопедия Забайкалья. Retrieved 28 July 2021. (in Russian)
  6. ^ "N-49 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 5 September 2021.

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