Ishkoshim Range, also Ishkashim Range (russian: Ишкашимский хребет), is a mountain range in
Pamir Mountains
The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the worl ...
in
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, in the extreme southwest corner of the
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two percen ...
(
Ishkoshim District).
The range is about 90 km long, running along the right bank of the
Panj River
The Panj (russian: Пяндж; fa, رودخانه پنج) (; tg, Панҷ, پنج), traditionally known as the Ochus River and also known as ''Pyandzh'' (derived from its Russian name "Пяндж"), is a tributary of the Amu Darya. The river ...
and the eastern border of Ishkoshim District with
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. It contains the
Ishkashim Important Bird Area
The Ishkashim Important Bird Area ( zh, 伊什卡希姆重点鸟区), also spelt Ishkoshim ( zh, 伊什科希姆), is a 1136 km2 tract of land in south-western Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in eastern Tajikistan.
Description
The site ...
. The mountains rise in the south to a maximum altitude of 6,096 m at
Mayakovsky Peak
Mayakovsky Peak (russian: Пик Маяковского) is a peak in Pamir Mountains.
It is located in the extreme south-west corner of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province ( Ishkoshim District), where the north–south Ishkoshim Ra ...
, located at the junction of Ishkoshim Range with the east–west
Shakhdara Range
Shakhdara Range (russian: Шахдаринский хребет) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System.
The range lies in the extreme south-western Pamir in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. It ru ...
. There is an abundance of hot springs in these mountains, including the
Gharm-Chashma Gharm-Chashma is a hot spring in the mountains of the Ishkoshim Range in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. Forty kilometres from the provincial capital Khorugh
Khorugh ( tg, Хоруғ, ; russian: Хорог, translit=Khor ...
thermal spa.
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Gharm-Chashma Spring
Mountain ranges of Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Pamir Mountains
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