Khamar-DabanKhamar-Daban, is a mountain range in Southern Siberia, Russia.GeographyThe 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.ClimateIn popular cultureThe song of the same name by Yuri Vizbor, written in 1962, is dedicated to the range.