Trans-Alay Range

The Trans-Alay Range (Kyrgyz: Чоң Алай кырка тоосу, romanized: Chong Alay kyrka toosu; Russian: Заалайский хребет, romanized: Zaalaisky Khrebet; also 'Trans Alai') is the northernmost range of the Pamir Mountain System.

Trans-Alay Range
Kyrgyz: Чоң Алай кырка тоосу
Russian: Заалайский хребет
Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley
Highest point
PeakLenin Peak
Elevation7,134 m (23,406 ft)
Coordinates39°20′00″N 72°55′00″E
Dimensions
Length250 km (160 mi) E-W
Width40 km (25 mi) N-S
Naming
Language of nameky
Geography
Trans-Alay Range is located in Tajikistan
Trans-Alay Range
Location in Tajikistan
CountryKyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
RegionOsh Province, Gorno-Badakshan
Geology
Age of rockPaleozoic and Mesozoic
Type of rockLimestone and schist

Geography

The Trans-Alay is located in the area where the Pamirs and the Tian Shan come together. This heavily glaciated range forms the border between Gorno-Badakshan region in Tajikistan and Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, stretching eastwards until the border with China. To the north lies the Alay Valley and to the south, the river Muksu.[1]

Peaks

The highest peak in the range is 7,134 m high Lenin Peak.[2] The Kyzylart and Ters-Agar mountain passes geographically divide the range into three parts: the western —highest peak Sat Peak (5,900 m), the central —with some of the highest summits, including Lenin Peak, Dzerzhinsky Peak (6717 m), Oktyabrsy Peak ( 6780 m), and Marshal Zhukov Peak (6,842 m),[3] and the eastern — highest peak Kurumdy I summit (6,614 m).[1]

See also

References

  1. Ошская область:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast] (in Russian). Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1987. p. 448.
  2. Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev, Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs, in: Alpine Journal 1996
  3. "Pik Marshal Zhukov". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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