Ikat Range

{{short description|Mountain range in Buryatia, Russia.}}

{{Infobox mountain range

|name=Ikat Range

|other_name= {{Langx|ru|Икатский хребет}}

|photo= Чаша Иката020.png

|photo_caption= Ikat Bowl mountain lake in the range, a traditional sacred place for the Evenks.

|country=Russia

|region_type=Federal subject

|region=Buryatia

|region1=

|border=Selenga Highlands
Vitim Plateau

|highest= Unnamed

|elevation_m= 2574

|coordinates = {{coord|55|01|53|N|111|50|04|E|display=inline|name=}}

|area_km2=

|range_coordinates = {{coord|53|36|N|111|0|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|range_coordinates_note=

|parent = South Siberian System

|geology=Metamorphic schists with granite intrusions

|geology1=

|period=

|period1=

|orogeny=

| map = Russia Buryatia

| map_caption = Location in Buryatia, Russia

| length_km= 200| length_orientation= NE/SW

| width_km= 50 | width_orientation=NW/SE

| easiest_route = From Kurumkan Airport

}}

Ikat Range ({{Langx|ru|Икатский хребет}}) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Russia. It runs in a parallel direction to the Baikal Rift. The range is named after two small rivers sharing the name "Ikat" which have their sources in opposite slopes of the range one is a tributary of the Gargi (Barguzin basin) and the other a tributary of the Vitimkan (Vitim basin).

The name of the range originated in an Evenki word. A section of the northwestern slopes of the range is part of the Dzherginsky Nature Reserve, a protected area.[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/58114413 Dzherginsky Nature Reserve map]Google Earth

==Geography==

The Ikat range is located in Central Buryatia, east of the Baikal Lake. It stretches for {{convert|200|km|}} from southwest to northeast at the western limit of the Vitim Plateau. The width of the range is from {{convert|40|km|}} and {{convert|50|km|}} and its average elevation between {{convert|1800|m|ft|abbr=on}} and {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article052317.html Икатский хребет], Great Soviet Encyclopedia in 30 vols. / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov - 3rd ed. - M, 1969-1978. The highest peak is an unnamed {{convert|2574|m|ft|abbr=on}} high summit located in the central part found during a 1980 aerial survey. Previously, {{convert|2538|m|ft|abbr=on}} high Dorong Peak, located at the headwaters of the Kotera, to the west of lake Dorong had been considered the highest point of the Ikat Range.{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/adm/buryatia.html|title=Peak Visor - Buryatia Mountains|access-date=8 October 2021}}

The range is a watershed between the Barguzin River and the Vitim river. The Barguzin river separates the Ikat Range from the Barguzin Range in the west, while the Turka valley separates it from the Ulan-Burgas and the Selenga Highlands to the south. Beyond the northern end lies the valley of the Upper Angara River and the Southern Muya Range of the Stanovoy Highlands rises to the northeast. To the southwest the valley of the upper Ina River separates the Ikat range from the Golondin Range.{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/n-49.jpg|title=N-49 Chart (in Russian)|access-date=3 October 2021}}

Lakes Baunt and Kapylyushi lie off the eastern slopes of the northern section of the range. The Barguzin and several of its left tributaries, have their sources in the western slopes of range. On the eastern side rise the Tsipa, Tsipikan and the upper course tributaries of the Vitim river, which receives the name "Vitim" below the confluence of rivers Vitimkan and China.

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