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Lenin Peak Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Peak ( ky, Ленин Чокусу, ''Lenin Choqusu'', لەنىن چوقۇسۇ; russian: Пик Ленина, ''Pik Lenina''; tg, қуллаи Ленин , ''qulla‘i Lenin/qullaji Lenin'', renamed қулла� ...

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, coordinates = , map = Tajikistan , map_caption = Location in Tajikistan , label_position = none , language = ky The Trans-Alay Range ( ky, Чоң Алай кырка тоосу, Chong Alay kyrka toosu; russian: Заалайский хребет, translit=Zaalaisky Khrebet; also 'Trans Alai') is the northernmost range of the Pamir Mountain System.

Geography

The Trans-Alay is located in the area where the Pamirs and the

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come together. This heavily glaciated range forms the border between

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and Osh Region,

, stretching eastwards until the border with China. To the north lies the Alay Valley and to the south, the river Muksu.

Peaks

The highest peak in the range is 7,134 m high

. The Kyzylart and Ters-Agar mountain passes geographically divide the range into three parts: the western —highest peak (5,900 m), the central —with some of the highest summits, including Lenin Peak, (6717 m), ( 6780 m), and Marshal Zhukov Peak (6,842 m), and the eastern — highest peak Kurumdy I summit (6,614 m).

References

Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan Mountain ranges of Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border Pamir Mountains {{Tajikistan-geo-stub

Geography

Peaks

See also

References