Pik Tofalariya | |
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Пик Тофалария | |
Location in
Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,892 m (9,488 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 53°38′27″N 97°14′15″E / 53.64083°N 97.23750°E [2] |
Geography | |
Location |
Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
Parent range |
Eastern Sayan Sayan Mountains |
Pik Tofalariya ( Russian: Пик Тофалария) is a peak in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Although some sources claim it is the highest point of the federal subject, [3] in topographic charts it is marked as a 2,892 metres (9,488 ft) high peak. Thus 2,988 metres (9,803 ft) high Pik Martena in the Kodar Range is the highest point of Irkutsk Oblast. [4]
This mountain is named after the Tofalar people. [3] [5]
Pik Tofalariya is located in the Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mountains, South Siberian System. [3] It rises above the Tofalariya territory, in the southwestern part of Nizhneudinsky District, near the Tuva border. The Uda river flows to the north of the northern slopes. [1]