Peter I Range

Peter I Range
Хребет Петра I

Location in Tajikistan

Highest point
Peak Moscow Peak
Elevation 6,785 m (22,260 ft)
Coordinates 39°0′N 71°30′E / 39.000°N 71.500°E / 39.000; 71.500Coordinates: 39°0′N 71°30′E / 39.000°N 71.500°E / 39.000; 71.500
Dimensions
Length 200 km (120 mi) E/W
Width 40 km (25 mi) N/S
Geography
Country Tajikistan
Parent range Pamir Mountains
Geology
Age of rock Mesozoic/Cenozoic
Type of rock Sandstone and conglomerate

Peter I Range, Peter the First Range[1] or Peter the Great Range (Russian: Хребет Петра I or Хребет Петра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter the Great (1672 – 1725).

Geography

Peter I Range is located in the south-east of Jirgatol district in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination. It forms a westerly extension of the northern Pamirs, separating the watersheds of the Surchob in the north and the Obikhingou river in the south. The range stretches in a roughly East-West direction for about 200 km, connecting with the Academy of Sciences Range at its eastern end.[2]

Peaks

Its highest summit is Moscow Peak (6,785 m). Other peaks are Leningrad Peak (6,507 m), Abalakov Peak (6,446 m), Oshanin Peak (6,389 m), Kirov Peak (6,372 m), Kuybyshev Peak (6,189 m), and the ultra-prominent Agassiz Peak (5,877 m).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hamburger et al. Peter I range, GSA Bull., 1992
  2. ↑ Peter I Range - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  3. ↑ Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev. "Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs" (PDF 4,6 MB). Alpine Journal, 1996, 122–130.
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