Stanovoy Range

Stanovoy Range
Outer Khingan
View of some larch woods in the range.
Highest point
Peak	Skalisty Golets[1]
Elevation	2,412 meters (7,913 ft)
Coordinates	55°51′N 130°43′E / 55.850°N 130.717°E / 55.850; 130.717
Dimensions
Length	720 km (450 mi) SW/NE
Width	180 km (110 mi) NW/SE
Geography
Stanovoy Range Location in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast
Range coordinates	56°20′N 126°00′E / 56.333°N 126.000°E / 56.333; 126.000
Parent range	South Siberian Mountains
Geology
Type of rock	Shale, gneiss and granite intrusions

The Stanovoy Range (Russian: Станово́й хребе́т, Stanovoy khrebet; Yakut: Сир кура) is a mountain range located in the Sakha Republic and Amur Oblast, Far Eastern Federal District. It is also known as Sükebayatur and Sükhbaatar in Mongolian, or the Stanovoy Mountains or Outer Khingan Range in English. The range was first studied and scientifically described by Russian researcher Alexander von Middendorff.^[2]