The Silyap Range (; ) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. The nearest city is Ust-Nera.[ Moss flora of the Ust-Nera region in the upper course of Indigirka River, East Yakutia]
Geography
The Silyap Range rises in the central area of the
Chersky Range, to the west of the upper course of the
Indigirka.
[ A Contribution to the Liverwort Flora of the Upper Course of Indigirka River, East Yakutia] Although the range is one of the smallest of the system, it has some of the most massive mountains of the range. The Silyap Range stretches in a roughly west–east direction for about . The highest peak is high
Mount Chyon (Гора Чён), also known as "Gora Chen", an ultra-prominent peak.
[ Массив Чен]
The larger Borong Range, another subrange of the Chersky Mountains, rises to the northwest, and the Porozhny Range to the north. The northern end of the Tas-Kystabyt rises roughly 70 km to the south of the range.[Google Earth]
See also
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List of mountains and hills of Russia
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List of ultras of Northeast Asia
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