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Mayak Shangina (Russian: Маяк Шангина) is a mountain in Altai Krai, Russia. At 2,490 metres (8,170 ft) it is the highest point of Altai Krai.[2]

Mayak Shangina
Маяк Шангина
View of the peak area
Highest point
Elevation	2,490 m (8,170 ft)[1]
Prominence	892 m (2,927 ft)[1]
Coordinates	50°46′38″N 84°32′04″E[1]
Geography
Location in Altai Krai, Russia
Location	Altai Krai, Russia
Parent range	Korgon Range Altai Mountains South Siberian Mountains

The summit was formerly unnamed. The choosing of the name followed a 2011 initiative of local paper Altayskaya Pravda journalist Anatoly Muravlev, who came up with the idea to give the peak an official name on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Altai Territory. The name Mayak Shangina honors ethnographer, geologist and botanist Peter Shangin (1741 - 1816) and it was ratified and officially adopted in 2013.[3][4]

Description

Mayak Shangina is the highest summit in the Korgon Range, part of the Altai Mountains, South Siberian System. It rises at the southern end of the Altai Krai, in an area of the Charyshsky District that borders with the Ust-Kansky District of the Altai Republic.[2]

See also

• Highest points of Russian Federal subjects
• List of mountains and hills of Russia

References

External links

• Улицы столицы — пр-д Петра Шангина
• The highest peaks in Russia

На других языках

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- [en] Mayak Shangina

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[ru] Маяк Шангина

Маяк Шангина, или Пик Шангина — горная вершина западного Алтая, высшая точка Алтайского края[1] (2490 м). Расположена на границе Чарышского района Алтайского края и Усть-Канского района Республики Алтай. До 2013 года вершина была безымянной, а название Маяк Шангина (или Пик Шангина) было неофициальным — в честь известного исследователя Петра Шангина.

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