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 .
Climate
In popular culture
The song of the same name by Yuri Vizbor, written in 1962, is dedicated to the range.
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. Later autopsies found signs of hypothermia and protein deficiency in the deceased members of the hiking group.