Golets (geography)

The term is part of the geographical name of several peaks in the region.

They are barren, rocky or stony, and only rarely lichens or stunted small scrubs such as Siberian pine, may grow on them.

Bare rock slopes, kurums and cliffs are common.

The term is usually found in the names of mountaintops in the South Siberian System, especially in Transbaikalia and the Sayan Mountains.

[2] This kind of mountains may consist in single high peaks connected by ridges or in continuous ridges with permanent snowcaps on their highest parts, although most "golets" are usually free of snow in the summer.