The Bolshoy Anyuy ( Russian : Большой Анюй ; "Great Anyuy") is a river in the Kolyma basin in Far East Siberia. Administratively most of the basin of the Bolshoy Anyuy and its tributaries belong to the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia .
5-753: It flows roughly westwards and passes through the sparsely populated areas of Chukotka, its valley forming the southern border of the Anyuy Range . The Maly Anyuy joins it from the north near the Sakha Republic border and the combined river (now called the Anyuy ) properly flows about 20 kilometres (12 mi) to meet the Kolyma at Nizhnekolymsk . Its length is 693 kilometres (431 mi) and its basin area 57,300 square kilometres (22,100 sq mi). In 1650, Mikhail Stadukhin and Semyon Motora found
10-650: A portage from the upper Bolshoy Anyuy to the upper Anadyr (probably its Yablon branch). This became the main cossack route from the Kolyma to the Pacific. This Chukotka Autonomous Okrug location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in the Russian Far East is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Anyuy Range The Anyuy Mountains ( Russian : Анюйский хребет ; Anyuyskiy Khrebet ), also known as South Anyuy Range are
15-744: 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. To the north rises the Chuvanay Range and to the northeast the Ilirney Range , on the other side of the Maly Anyuy River . The Anyuy Range is part of the East Siberian System of mountains and is one of the subranges of
20-463: Is 1,779 metres (5,837 ft) high Blokhin Peak (Пик Блохина) at 67°06′06″N 166°51′38″E / 67.10167°N 166.86056°E / 67.10167; 166.86056 , and the second highest 1,759 metres (5,771 ft) high Pik Sovetskoy Gvardii ( Soviet Guard Peak). In 1952 a volcano was discovered in the southern part of the range following examination of aerial images. The volcano
25-643: The Anadyr Highlands . 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 . 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
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