Khamar-Daban (; , from – "nut", and – "pass" or "ridge"), is a mountain range in Southern Siberia, Russia.
Geography
The range is located in Buryatia, with a small section in Irkutsk Oblast. It rises near the Baikal Mountains not far from Lake Baikal. It forms a geographic prolongation of the Sayan Mountains. The highest peak is Utulinskaya Podkova at ; high Chersky Peak is another important summit. The southern end of the range is part of the Selenga Highlands. The climate of the northern part of the range is affected by Lake Baikal, being temperate and humid, with precipitation up to per year. The average January temperature is .
thumb|none|upright=1.45|The Khamar-Daban Range, near [[Kamensk, Republic of Buryatia|Kamensk.]]
Climate
In popular culture
The song of the same name by Yuri Vizbor, written in 1962, is dedicated to the range.
The story of Khamar-Daban began to arise again in the 21st century.
<!--==1993 incident==
Six members of a seven-person hiking group led by Lyudmila Korovina died in mysterious circumstances in 1993. Valentina Utochenko was the only survivor. Despite the police receiving a report, no formal search was carried out until August 24. It took two days for the helicopters to locate the remains because Valentina had not yet been able to recount her version of what had happened. According to an autopsy report, all of them, except Lyudmila, who had a heart attack, were found to have died of hypothermia.
They were all found to have bruised lungs. But a protein shortage brought on by starvation and extreme hypothermia was identified as their cause of death. In the end, it was decided that the deaths were unintentional.-->
See also
- Baikal Nature Reserve
- South Siberian Mountains
- Khamar-Daban incident