Baatagay

Batagay lies on the right bank of the Yana in the mountain country of northern Yakutia. The Yana forms where the Sartang and Dulgalakh meet, then flows north through a broad valley toward the Laptev Sea. The Batagay stream joins it above this place. Forested slopes and river flats surround the valley, where a short summer follows the long, intensely cold winter.