Saylyugem Mountains
Sailughem Mountains, or Siilhem, is a mountain range in the southeastern part of Altai Mountains, Russia, on the border of Altai Republic and Mongolia.
In Russia, its northern slopes are in the Kosh-Agachsky District, in the southeastern part of the Ukok Plateau. It is the southern border of the Chuya Steppe. Inn Mongolia ti is in the Bayan-Ölgii Province.
The range stretches 130 km north-east from 49° N and 86° E towards the western extremity of the Sayan Mountains in 51° 60′ N and 89° E. Their mean elevation is 1,500 to 1,750 metres. The snow-line runs at 2,000 m on the northern side and at 2,400 m on the southern, and above it the rugged peaks tower up some 975 metres more. It is a watershed between the sources of rivers Argut and Chuya and the rivers of the Khovd River basin.
The highest peaks are Sary-Nokhoit and Sarzhematy.
In the Mongolian part, on the Southern slopes there is Siilkhemiin National Park. In Russia, there is Saylyugemsky [National Park], bordering with the Mongolian one, within the Kosh-Agach District. It is a protected [area of Russia] and has three zones: Saylyugem, Ulandryk, and Argut.