Mount Beshtor (, also Беш-Тёр) rises to 4,299 m in
Pskem Range in the north-eastern tip of
Uzbekistan
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Tashkent Province. Located on the southern border with
Kyrgyzstan
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, a short distance to the south-west from another towering peak in Pskem Range,
Mount Adelung (
Adelunga Toghi, 4,301 m). Beshtor is the second highest peak in both Tashkent Province and the Pskem Range.
References
* ''Atlas of Soviet Republics of Central Asia'', Moscow, 1988, in Russian, p. 22.
''Big Soviet Encyclopedia'', on-line edition in Russian, accessed May 23, 2008.
Coordinates from MapPlanet accessed May 23, 2008.
Beshtor
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