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The Sietinden Range ( Russian : Сиетиндэнский хребет ; Yakut : Сиэтэндэ ) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia . Administratively the range is part of the Sakha Republic , Russian Federation .

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6-574: Batagay-Alyta , the only permanent settlement in the area, lies off the southeastern slopes of the range. Previously uncharted, this range was first put on the map in 1932 by Soviet geologist Ivan Atlasov , Professor of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute , who carried out geological surveys in Yakutia. After having explored and mapped most of the Orulgan Range to the west, Atlasov sighted

12-641: A large proportion of Evens , with the Even language taught in the local school. Batagay-Alyta is served by the Sakkyryr Airport ( IATA : SUK ). There are no year-round roads connecting to Batagay-Alyta, although a winter road offers a route east to Verkhoyansk and Batagay when the rivers are frozen. Batagay-Alyta has an extremely cold subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfd ) with long, extremely cold winters and short, mild (sometimes warm) summers. The seasonal temperature variation

18-674: Is a rural locality (a selo ) and the administrative center of Eveno-Bytantaysky National District in the Sakha Republic , Russia . Its population as of the 2010 Census was 1,832. Batagay-Alyta is located on the eastern flank of the Verkhoyansk Range , and southeast of the southern end of the Sietinden Range and southwest of the Kular Range . The town lies about 380 kilometres (240 mi) to

24-846: The Kuranakh-Yuryakh . The Kular Range rises to the east, beyond the Omoloy. The highest point of the Sietinden is an unnamed 1,929 metres (6,329 ft) high summit located in its southern section. The mountain slopes are covered with sparse larch forests and the valleys with tundra . This Sakha Republic location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Batagay-Alyta Batagay-Alyta ( Russian : Батагай-Алыта ; Yakut : Баатаҕай Алыыта , Baatağay Alııta , IPA: [baːtaʁaj alɯːta] ), also known as Sakkyryr ( Russian : Саккырыр ; Yakut : Саккырыыр , Saqqırıır , IPA: [saqqɯɾɯːɾ] )

30-589: The Sietinden Range rising above the left bank of the upper Omoloy. The Sietinden is one of the northern subranges of the Verkhoyansk Range system. It is located in the main ridge, stretching southwards to the west of the Orulgan Range and almost parallel to it. The valley of the Omoloy river, which has its source in the range, runs on the eastern flanks of the range and along the western side flows

36-618: The north of the capital Yakutsk and a few kilometers from the left bank of the Ulakhan-Sakkyryr River , a tributary of the Bytantay . It was founded in 1936 as the administrative center for the then newly created Sakkyryrsky District . It lost this function with the dissolution of the district in 1963, but regained it with the creation of Eveno-Bytantaysky District in 1989. Population: 1,832 ( 2010 Census ) ; 1,722 ( 2002 Census ) . The population includes

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