Trans-Alay Range
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mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan
Key facts
- Peak
- Ibn Sina/Lenin Peak
- Elevation
- 7,134 m (23,406 ft)
- Length
- 250 km (160 mi) E-W
- Width
- 40 km (25 mi) N-S
- Language of name
- en
- Countries
- Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan
- Region s
- Osh Province , Gorno-Badakshan
- Rock age s
- Paleozoic and Mesozoic
- Rock type s
- Limestone and schist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Tajikistan
- Elevation
- 7134
- Highest point
- Lenin Peak
- Image
- Trans-Alaï range Karakul Lake World Wind.jpg
- Width
- 40
- Length
- 250
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- Commons category
- Trans-Alay Mountains
- mountain range
- Pamir Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The Trans-Alay or Trans-Alai Range (Kyrgyz: Чоң Алай кырка тоосу, Chong Alay kyrka toosu; Tajik: қаторкӯҳи Паси Олой, qatorkŭhi Pasi Oloy, or қаторкӯҳи Каюмарс, qatorkŭhi Kayumars; Russian: Заалайский хребет, Zaalaisky Khrebet) is the northernmost range of the Pamir Mountain System. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the range has been divided between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trans-Alay Range” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.