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Mongun-Taiga

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Also known as Mungun-Tayga

Möngün-Taiga, also known as Mungun-Taiga ( - Silver Mountain) is a massif in Mongun-Taiga kozhuun, Russia. The Russian part of the Altai Mountains is considered part of Western Siberia, but Möngün-Taiga in 1932 was transferred (along with the north of Uvs Nuur Basin) from the Mongolian People's Republic of Tuva, and in 1944 became part of Eastern Siberia.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Möngün-Taiga
Mountain.elevation_m
3970
Mountain.prominence_m
1685
Mountain.range
Altai
Mountain.listing
Mountains of Russia, Ultra, Ribu
Mountain.country
Russia
Mountain.subdivision1_type
Republic
Mountain.subdivision1
Tuva
Mountain.subdivision2_type
District
Mountain.subdivision2
Mongun-Tayginsky
Mountain.map
Russia
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Russia
Mountain.type
massif
Mountain.fetchwikidata
ALL

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Located in
Tuva
Area
84510
Elevation
3970
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mountain range
Altai Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview

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Möngün-Taiga, also known as Mungun-Taiga ( - Silver Mountain) is a massif in Mongun-Taiga kozhuun, Russia. The Russian part of the Altai Mountains is considered part of Western Siberia, but Möngün-Taiga in 1932 was transferred (along with the north of Uvs Nuur Basin) from the Mongolian People's Republic of Tuva, and in 1944 became part of Eastern Siberia.

==See also== List of highest points of Russian federal subjects

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mongun-Taiga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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