Muisky Gigant

Muisky Gigant (Russian: Муйский Гигант) is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation.^[2]

Muisky Gigant
Муйский Гигант
Location in Buryatia
Highest point
Elevation	3,067 m (10,062 ft)[1]
Prominence	2107[1]
Coordinates	55°58′38″N 114°26′21″E[1]
Geography
Location	Buryatia, Russia
Parent range	Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, South Siberian System
Climbing
First ascent	8 July 1993
Easiest route	From Taksimo Airport

Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigant, took place on 8 July 1993, by a group of students of the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers led by alpinist and tour organizer Alexander Kuzminykh.

Geography

Muisky Gigant is a massive-looking mountain, an ultra-prominent peak, rising about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Taksimo, the administrative center of Muysky District.^[3][4]

At 3,067 m (10,062 ft) this mountain is the highest peak of the Southern Muya Range.^[5] Muisky Gigant rises from a massif that constitutes a short spur of the main axis of the range. The Bambukoy River, a left tributary of the Bambuyka of the Vitim river basin, has its sources in the southeastern slopes of the mountain.^[6]

See also

• List of mountains and hills of Russia
• List of ultras of Northeast Asia
• Mount Shaman, the highest peak of the range on the Transbaikalia side