{"id":11022,"date":"2024-04-27T10:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T17:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11022"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:35:23","slug":"rock-formations-of-ulakhan-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=11022","title":{"rendered":"Rock formations of the Ulakhan Sis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Ulakhan-Sis Mountain Range<\/a>\u00a0is in the\u00a0Sakha Republic<\/a>,\u00a0Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. This range is one area of Yakutia – which is one of the most isolated and distant portions of northern Russia. This area is largely unexplored and uninhabited – only being first mapped in 1870. It’s nearest inhabited neighbor to the south is the infamous Kolyma area of Russia<\/a> that served as Stalin’s brutal gulags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’ve been getting a little more exposure lately with climbers and visitors making the treacherous thousand mile trip to the range. What makes it interesting is that the area is marked by fascinating baydzharakhs<\/a>\u00a0rock formations. Kigilyakh<\/a>\u00a0rock formations\u00a0are also found on this range, some of them quite impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baydzherakhs are formed by a cryo-lithic process in which polygonal ice-wedges thaw within the permafrost and reach heights of 15-30 feet. They form a landscape of unearthly spires. Not that different than the Penitentes in the Atacama desert<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\u00a0Ulakhan-Sis Mountain Range\u00a0is in the\u00a0Sakha Republic,\u00a0Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. This range is one area of Yakutia – which is one of the most isolated and distant portions of northern Russia. This area is largely unexplored and uninhabited – only being first mapped in 1870. It’s nearest inhabited neighbor to the south is the infamous Kolyma area of Russia that served as Stalin’s brutal gulags. They’ve been getting a little more exposure lately with climbers and visitors making the treacherous…<\/p>\n

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