Mount Karagosh

Mount Karagosh is a peak in the Western Sayan Mountains, reaching an elevation of 9,613 feet (2,930 meters). This mountain range is located in Khakasiya, a republic in central Russia, situated in the western half of the Minusinsk Basin on the upper Yenisey River. The climate in this region is dry and severely continental, supporting steppe and forest-steppe vegetation in the lowlands, while the mountains are covered with forests of larch, pine, fir, and spruce. The Khakass people, who speak Turkic languages, inhabit this area, though Russians form the majority of the population.1