Kyun-Tas
{{Short description|Mountain range in Russia}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name=Kyun-Tas
| other_name= Кюн-Тас / Күн Таас
| photo=
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| country=Russia
| region_type=Federal subject
| region=Sakha Republic
| district_type=Division
| district=Ust-Yansky District
| border={{ubl|Selennyakh Range|Polousny Range}}
| highest=Unnamed
| elevation_m=1083
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| coordinates =
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| length_km= 100| length_orientation= NW / SE | length_ref=
| width_km= 50 | width_orientation=NE / SW | width_ref=
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| parent = Momsko-Chersk Region,
East Siberian System
| geology= Sandstone, mudstone
| period=Cretaceous
| orogeny=
| map =Russia Sakha Republic
| map_caption = Location in Sakha, Russia
| range_coordinates = {{coord|69|48|N|140|2|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref={{cite web|url=https://cartographic.info/names/map.php?id=734428&f=rs|title=Map of Khrebet Kyuntas in Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia|website=cartographic.info|access-date=2022-10-08}}
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Kyun-Tas ({{langx|ru|Кюн-Тас}}; {{langx|sah|Күн Таас|Kün Tâs}}) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.[https://archive.org/stream/naturalregionsof00berg/naturalregionsof00berg_djvu.txt Natural regions of the U.S.S.R - Internet Archive]
The Kyun-Tas is one of the mountain areas of Yakutia where there are kigilyakh rock formations.{{Cite web |url=http://st-yak.narod.ru/index4-22-1.html |title=Murzin Yuri Andreyevich, Kigilyakhi of Yakutia |access-date=2019-11-28 |archive-date=2020-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508141019/http://st-yak.narod.ru/index4-22-1.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://farbitis.ru/en/physical-geography/types-of-weathering/|title=Types of weathering|website=farbitis.ru|access-date=2022-10-08}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VIddBAAAQBAJ|first=Vladimir|last=Gorbatovsky|title=Сакральные места России|trans-title=Sacred places of Russia|year=2022|language=Russian|page=179|publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-457-63492-3 }}
Geography
The Kyun-Tas is located {{convert|55|km|}} northeast of Deputatsky,[https://www.mindat.org/feature-2028164.html mindat.org Deputatsky, Ust’-Yanskiy Rayon, Respublika Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia] between the Selennyakh Range and the western end of the Polousny Range. It rises at the southern limit of the Yana-Indigirka Lowland, northwest of the Aby Lowland.
It is a broad massif with mountains of middle height and smooth slopes.[http://mapr54.narod.ru/map2/index21.html Map - ист карты R-54-XXI, XXII Омчикандя. Масштаб: 1 : 200 000. Указать дату выпуска/состояния местности.]
The main ridge stretches in a roughly southeast/northwest direction west of the eastern slopes of the Selennyakh Range for about {{cvt|100|km}}.Google Earth Although the range is smaller, the highest summits of the Kyun-Tas are higher than those of the neighboring Polousny Range. The highest peak, located in the northern part, is {{convert|1083|m|ft}} high; there is another high peak at the southeastern end that is {{convert|1031|m|ft}}.
=Hydrography=
The {{convert|243|km|}} long Nuchcha, a tributary of the Chondon, originates in the range. Also the {{convert|170|km|}} long Baky, one of the rivers that forms the Uyandina tributary of the Indigirka, has its source in Lake Baky, located at the junction of the Kyun-Tas and the western end of the Polousny Range.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Regional+populations+and+migration+of+moose+in+northern+Yakutia%2C...-a0229543397 Regional populations and migration of moose in northern Yakutia, Russia.]