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The Verkhoyansk Range is a mountain system located in northeastern Siberia, Russia, known for its extreme cold and remote terrain. It matters because it's one of the world's coldest inhabited regions and plays an important role in the geography and climate patterns of the Arctic areas of Russia.
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The Verkhoyansk Range (Russian: Верхоянский хребет, Verhoyanskiy Khrebet; Yakut: Үөһээ Дьааҥы сис хайата, romanized: Üöhee Caañı sis xayata) is a mountain range in the Sakha Republic, Russia, near the settlement of Verkhoyansk, known for its frigid climate. It is part of the East Siberian Mountains.
The range lies just west of the boundary of the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates. The mountains were formed by folding, and represent an anticline.
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