A view on the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau. On the horrizon seen is the snowy mountain range Tabyn-Bogdo-Ola (up to 4374 m above sea level, the mounain Nairamdal), the orographic centre of the Altai mountains, where meet Russia, Mongolia and China.

the headwaters of the Chikty Rivulet, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998.

O. Kosterin.