Murun (Russian: Мурун) is a mountain in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, at the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Yakutia, Russian Federation.[2]

Murun
Мурун
Murun Massif Sentinel-2 image
Highest point
Elevation1,454 m (4,770 ft)[1]
Prominence626 m (2,054 ft)[1]
Coordinates58°22′32″N 118°55′30″E / 58.37556°N 118.92500°E / 58.37556; 118.92500[2]
Geography
Murun is located in Irkutsk Oblast
Murun
Murun
Location in Irkutsk Oblast
Murun is located in Sakha Republic
Murun
Murun
Murun (Sakha Republic)
LocationIrkutsk Oblast/Sakha Republic
Russian Federation
Parent rangeOlyokma-Chara Plateau,
South Siberian Mountains
Climbing
Easiest routefrom Chara Airport

Geography

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A 1,454 m (4,770 ft) high summit is the highest point of the Murun Massif in the Olyokma-Chara Plateau, part of the South Siberian mountain system. The massif is about 20 km (12 mi) across and rises in the central/southern part of the plateau, above the right bank of the Chara, west of the valley of the Tokko, at the southwestern end of the Sakha Republic, bordering with Irkutsk Oblast, near the tripoint with Zabaykalsky Krai. The mountain is near Torgo, an abandoned settlement in Olyokminsky District.[3]

The Murun peak is marked as a 1,452-metre-high (4,764 ft) summit in the O-50 sheet of the Soviet Topographic Map.[2] This same mountain, however, is a 4,820-foot-high (1,469 m) peak in the D-7 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts.[4] The Irkutsk Oblast-Yakutia border runs across the middle of the Murun Massif and the peak rises on the western, or Irkutsk Oblast side.[2]

Geology

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The massif is part of the Aldan Shield geological region. Charoite, a rare mineral, is found in the area.[5] Other minerals, such as Brookite, Tausonite, Yuksporite and Frankamenite are also found in the massif.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gora Murun - PeakVisor
  2. ^ a b c d "O-50 Chart (in Russian)". Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ Google Earth
  4. ^ URSS 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet D-&
  5. ^ Vladykin, N. V. Matveyeva, L. H., Bogacheva, H. G., and Alekseyev, Y. A. (1983) Novyye danyye o charoite i charoitivykh porodakh. (Recent findings on charoite and charoitic rocks). In Mineralogiya i Genezis Tsvetnikh Kamnei Vostochnoi Sibiri (Mineralogy and Genesis of Gem Stones of Eastern Siberia), 41-56. Siberian Division Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Novosibirsk.
  6. ^ Charoite on Webmineral