Chekanovsky Ridge

The Chekanovsky Ridge (Russian: Кряж Чекановского; Yakut: Чекановскай томтороот, romanized: Çekanovskay tomtoroot) is a range of mountains in the Bulunsky District, Yakutia, Russian Federation. The area of the range is uninhabited. The range was named after explorer of Siberia Alexander Chekanovsky (1833–1876).

Rising in a remote and unexplored area, the range was formerly unknown. In 1875, during his third Siberian expedition, Alexander Chekanovsky intended to "go along the banks of the Lena to the mouth and, if possible, then go to the mouth of the Olenyok from the Laptev Sea." He hoped to have time to conduct geological exploration of the banks of the Lena River before the onset of winter, but a short summer frustrated his plans. From a barge Chekanovsky navigated the Lena River for a distance of about 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) from Yakutsk to the mouth to the Eyekit river, its last major left tributary. He explored inland from the deep and wide lower course of the Eyekit, and then along the rocky and mountainous watershed area lying between the Lena and the Olenyok, descending along the Kelimyar river to the Olenyok. In this way he discovered a roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) long ridge. From the Kelimyar he traced the course of the Olenyok to its mouth. By the 26 August Chekanovsky saw the ocean from the top of Mount Karanchat. By the 18 September the expedition was already in Bulun, having safely travelled along the frozen Lena. Chekanovsky went across the mountains and tundra terrain by reindeer reaching Irkutsk on 20 December 1875. The mountain chain that Chekanovsky had discovered was later named Chekanovsky Ridge at the suggestion of Russian Arctic explorer Edward Toll.

Location: Russia.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.