The Anyuy Mountains (; Anyuyskiy Khrebet), also known as South Anyuy Range, are a range of mountains in far north-eastern Russia. Administratively the range is part of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. The area of the range is largely uninhabited.
Geography To the north rises the Chuvanay Range and to the northeast the Ilirney Range, on the other side of the Maly Anyuy River. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia The Anyuy Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of the Anadyr Highlands.Oleg Leonidovič Kryžanovskij, A Checklist of the Ground-beetles of Russia and Adjacent Lands. p. 16 To the east of the eastern end of the range rises the Shchuchy Range, stretching in a roughly southwestern direction, and to the south of the range rises the roughly parallel Oloy Range of the Kolyma Mountains. Чуванайские горы, National atlas of Russia
Although there are no glaciers in the range in present times, there is evidence of ancient glaciation. The Anyuy Range is drained by rivers Maly Anyuy, Bolshoy Anyuy, and Omolon. The highest point is high Blokhin Peak (Пик Блохина) at , Блохина, пик - National atlas of Russia and the second highest high Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii (Soviet Guard Peak).South Anyui Range // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
In 1952 a volcano was discovered in the southern part of the range following examination of aerial images. The volcano was named Anyuyskiy.
Flora There are sparse forests of larch in river valleys and the mountain slopes are covered with tundra vegetation, with rocky mountain tundra on the ridges and peaks. See also Anyuyskiy Kupol Gold Mine
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In the Anyuy Volcano (На Анюйском вулкане) basov_chukotka — LiveJournal