The Ukvushvuynen Range (; ),Geonames - Gory Ukvushvuynen also known as Meingypilgyn Range (), is a range of mountains in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russian Far East. Administratively the range is part of Anadyr District.Google Earth
Geography The Ukvushvuynen Range is the easternmost subrange of the Koryak Highlands, East Siberian Mountains. It stretches roughly from east to west in southern Chukotka, between the Koyverelan Range to the west and Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea to the east. To the northwest rises the Rarytkin Range and the Velikaya River flows into the Anadyr Lowlands. To the southwest stretches the Komeutyuyam Range.
The highest mountains of the Ukvushvuynen Range are located in its western part. The highest summit is high Gora Krasnaya (гора красная), rising to the south of lake Yanragytgyn. Other high peaks of the range are high Gora Tsirk (гора цирк) and high mount Kenkeren (кэнкэрэн), the latter rising above the NW side of lake Maynits in the central part of the range. Vaamochka and Pekulney are coastal lagoons that lie on the southern side of the range.
The range has 28 mountain glaciers.Mountain Glaciers of the Northern Hemisphere, Vol. 1, American Geographical Society of New York. Dept. of Exploration and Field Research, p. 321 The Kakanaut River, a small river flowing southwards in the central part of the range into the NE bay of Lake Pekulney, gives its name to the Kakanaut Maastrichtian geological formation.Michael C. Boulter, Helen Fisher eds. Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic, p. 130
Flora and climate There are shrub areas of Siberian pine in the lower mountain slopes, while the upper elevations are covered with mountain tundra. The Ukvushvuynen Range has a subarctic climate, somewhat moderated by the proximity of the ocean. The average temperature in January is and the temperature in July is . Very little precipitation falls in winter in the form of snow, most falls as rain in the summer. The average depth of the snow cover is .
Bibliography Elizabeth L. Miller, Arthur Grantz, Simon Klemperer eds. - Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses
See also Kakanaut Formation
References
External links Pekulney Lake Hydrometeorology and hydrochemistry of the seas (p. 2)