Tunka Goltsy

Tunka Goltsy
View from Shumak Pass
Highest point
Peak	Strelnikov Peak
Elevation	3,157 m (10,358 ft)
Dimensions
Length	160 km (99 mi)
Width	25 km (16 mi)
Naming
Native name	Тункинские гольцы (Russian)
Geography
Tunka Goltsy Location within Republic of Buryatia
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Buryatia
Range coordinates	51°50′N 101°30′E / 51.833°N 101.500°E / 51.833; 101.500
Parent range	Sayan Mountains South Siberian System
Geology
Rock age	Paleozoic
Rock types	Crystalline schist and granite

The Tunka Goltsy (Russian: Тункинские гольцы) is a mountain range in Buryatia, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia.

Geography

Its length is 160 km, it is the easternmost part of the Eastern Sayan.

Highest summit Strelnikov Peak (Algan Mundarga), 3157 m.

Rivers: Irkut and other tributaries of Angara River

See also

• List of mountains and hills of Russia
• Golets (geography)
• Tunkin Depression

References

Russian

• "Tunkinskie goltsy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2006-12-26.

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