Golets Sokhondo (Russian: Голец Сохондо) is a mountain in the Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands. Administratively it is part of the Transbaikal Krai, Russian Federation.[3]

Golets Sokhondo
Голец Сохондо
Golets Sokhondo Transbaikal Krai, Russian Far East
Highest point
Elevation	2,504 m (8,215 ft)[1]
Prominence	933.9 m (3,064 ft)[1]
Coordinates	49°43′12″N 111°05′06″E
Geography
Location	Transbaikal Krai, Russian Far East
Parent range	Khentei Range, Khentei-Daur Highlands
Climbing
First ascent	Nikita Sokolov, August 1776[2]

The Sokhondo Nature Reserve, a protected area surrounding the mountain, was named after this emblematic summit when it was established on 11 December 1973.[4][5]

Geography

This 2,504 m (8,215 ft) high mountain is one of the highest points of the Khentei-Daur Highlands, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is located in the southwestern part of the highland area, not far north from the border with Mongolia.[6]

Golets Sokhondo is a ‘’golets’’-type of mountain with a bald peak belonging to a massif which includes a smaller summit, the 2,404 m (7,887 ft) high Little Sokhondo.[7]

See also

• List of mountains in Russia

References

External links

• История - Сохондинский государственный природный
• Голец Сохондо - LiveJournal
• ГОЛЕЦ СОХОНДО (Photographic exhibition)

This Zabaykalsky Krai location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e