Mount Chersky

Mount Chersky (Russian: Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.

This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.

[1] This 2,572 m (8,438 ft) high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges.

It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.

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