Mount Chersky
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{short description|Mountain in Russia}}
{{about||the mountain in the Komarinsky Range|Chersky Peak}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Chersky
| other_name = Гора Черского
| photo = Mt Chersky 2019-08-06-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt Chersky Sentinel-2 image
| elevation_m = 2572
| prominence_m = 1596
| listing = List of ultras of Northeast Asia, Ribu
| location = Buryatia / Irkutsk Oblast
Russian Far East
| map = Russia Buryatia
| map_relief = yes
| map_caption = Location in Buryatia
| map_size =
| label_position =
| range = Baikal Range,
South Siberian Mountains
| coordinates = {{coord|55|03|56|N|108|41|06|E|type:landmark_region:RU_scale:1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref ={{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/gora-cherskogo.html|title=Gora Cherskogo|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}
| first_ascent =
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Mount Chersky ({{langx|ru|link=no|Гора Черского}}) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.
This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.[https://nature.baikal.ru/obj.shtml?obj=peak&id=cherskogo&rg=baikalskiihrebet Природа Байкала - гора Черского] {{in lang|ru}}
Geography
This {{convert|2572|m|abbr=on}} high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.Google Earth