Mount Chersky

Mount Chersky (Гора Черского) is a mountain in the Baikal Range, Russian Federation.

This peak is named after Lithuanian explorer Jan Czerski (1845 - 1892, Ivan Chersky transcribed from Russian), who greatly contributed to the study of Lake Baikal.

Geography
This 2572 m high mountain is the highest point of the Baikal Range, part of the South Siberian System of ranges. It is an ultra-prominent peak, located near Lake Baikal, in the border of Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia.