Komeutyuyam Range
{{short description|Mountain range in the Russian Far East}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name= Komeutyuyam Range
| other_name= Комеутюямский хребет
| photo= Komeutyuyam Range ONC D-9.jpg
| photo_caption= Komeutyuyam Range ONC map section
| highest= Volokvyneitkon
| elevation_m= 1142.7
| coordinates=
| coordinates_ref=
| listing=
| parent= Koryak Highlands
East Siberian Mountains
| map= Russia Chukotka Autonomous Okrug#Russia Kamchatka Krai#Russia Far Eastern Federal District
| map_caption= Location in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
| label_position=
| location=Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Kamchatka Krai, Russia
| geology=
| age= Cretaceous[http://ukhtoma.ru/koljasnikov4.htm Калясников Ю.А. Наноминералогия воды и биосферные процессы. Публикуется по тексту: Калясников Ю.А. Наноминералогия воды и биосферные процессы: 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. Магадан: СВНЦ ДВО РАН, 2000. 64 с.]
| orogeny=Alpine orogeny
| range_coordinates= {{coord|62|31|40|N|173|46|47|E|region:RU_type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| length_km= 150
| length_orientation= NE/SW
| width_km= 40
| width_orientation= NW/SE
| easiest_route= From Khatyrka
}}
The Komeutyuyam Range ({{langx|ru|Комеутюямский хребет}}; {{lang-zh|科梅乌秋亚姆斯基山}}) is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai, Russian Far East.
Administratively the northern section of the range belongs to the Anadyr District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, and the southern to Olyutorsky District of Kamchatka Krai.Google Earth
Geography
The Komeutyuyam Range is part of the Koryak Highland system. It stretches parallel to the Bering Sea coast, about {{convert|50|km|mi|0}} inland, in a NE/SW direction between the western end of the Ukvushvuynen Range in the north and the Pikas Range in the south. The valley of the Pikasvayam, the largest tributary of the Ukelayat, marks its southern end.
The highest point of the range is Mt Volokvyneitkon (гора Волоквынейткон) — or Mt Valvykvyneitkon (гора Валвыквынейткон), a {{convert|1142|m|ft|0}} high peak, located in the southwestern sector of the range, near the limit between Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai. The same peak has a height of {{convert|1144|m|ft|0}} in the Topographic USSR Chart.
Rivers Opuka and Iomrautvaam have their sources in the southern slopes of the Komeutyuyam and the Khatyrka flows along the northern slopes and bends southeastwards at the northeastern end of the range.{{Cite web |url=https://xn--80aaaa1bhnclcci1cl5c4ep.xn--p1ai/cd1/names_m.html |title=Atlas of Russia |access-date=2022-02-17 |archive-date=2020-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140811/https://xn--80aaaa1bhnclcci1cl5c4ep.xn--p1ai/cd1/names_m.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://maps.vlasenko.net/smtm1000/p-59_60.jpg|title=Топографска карта P-59_60 - Topographic USSR Chart (in Russian)|access-date=17 February 2022}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://antarctic.su/books/item/f00/s00/z0000015/st057.shtml Changes on the physical map of Northeast Asia]
- [http://mountain.ru/article/article_display1.php?article_id=8999 Mountain - Russia]
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