Anadyr Highlands#Anadyr Plateau

The Anadyr Highlands are one of the two main mountain regions of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. They rise southwest of the Chukotka Mountains, in the western Chukotka region. Medium height mountain ranges stretch in roughly WNW/ESE direction west of a large plateau and in a SW/NE direction in the south. The highlands rise between the Chaun Lowlands in the north, the Anadyr Lowlands in the southeast, the Kolyma Mountains in the southwest and the Kolyma Lowlands, where the Kolyma River flows, in the west.Google Earth

Among the rivers that have their source in the mountains, the main ones are the Anadyr River flowing off the highland limits to the southeast as the Belaya, the Bolshoy Anyuy and the Maly Anyuy —flowing westwards on both sides of the Anyuy Range. The Enmyvaam flows southwards out of Lake Elgygytgyn, later joining the Belaya, while the Chaun River flows northwards from the northwestern edge of the crater of the lake.

The main feature of the highlands is the Anadyr Plateau,[https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/1819777 АНА́ДЫРСКОЕ ПЛОСКОГО́РЬЕ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026104207/https://bigenc.ru/geography/text/1819777 |date=2019-10-26 }} / Great Russian Encyclopedia; in 35 vol.] / Ch. ed. Yu.S. Osipov . - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2004—2017. which forms most of the eastern part.

The Anadyr Plateau is roughly {{convert|400|km|sp=us}} long and about {{convert|150|km|sp=us}} wide. It is located in the latitude of the Arctic Circle and limited by the Pekulney Range to the east. The average height of the plateau surface is between {{convert|700|m|sp=us}} and {{convert|800|m|sp=us}}. Lake Elgygytgyn, an impact crater lake is located in a roughly central position.Martin Melles, Pavel S Minyuk, Julie Brigham-Grette, The expedition El'gygytgyn Lake 2003 (Siberian Arctic). Ber. Polarforsch. Meeresforsch. {{doi|10.2312/BzPM_0509_2005}} The plateau is largely covered with tundra and shrubs.

Besides the Anadyr Plateau, the system of the Anadyr Highlands comprises a number of subranges, including the following:Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16 {{ISBN|954-642-004-2}}

• Tainykot Range, highest point {{convert|1189|m|ft}} —the northwesternmost
• Rauchuan Range, highest point Mount Belaya, {{convert|1649|m|ft}}
• Ilirney Range, highest point Dvukh Tsirkov (Двух Цирков) {{convert|1785|m|ft}}
• Anyuy Range, highest point Blokhin Peak, {{convert|1779|m|ft}}
• Neuten Range, highest point {{convert|1551|m|ft}}
• Chuvanay Range, highest point Mount Chuvanay (гора Чуванаи), {{convert|1614|m|ft}}
• Kyrganay Range, highest point {{convert|1415|m|ft}}
• Pyrkanay Range, highest point {{convert|1616|m|ft}}
• Shchuchy Range, highest point {{convert|1185|m|ft}}
• Osinov Range, highest point {{convert|1225|m|ft}}

• List of mountains and hills of Russia

{{Reflist}}

• [https://nashdv.ru/files/chukot/geog_ch.html Geography of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113152114/https://nashdv.ru/files/chukot/geog_ch.html |date=2021-11-13 }}
• [http://ukhtoma.ru/geobotany/chukotka04.html Geological study of Chukotka]
• [http://gull-research.org/schistisagus/images/pdf/WetlandsinRussia_Vol_4_English.pdf Wetlands in Russia - Vol.4]

Category:Mountain ranges of Russia

Category:Landforms of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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