Shughnon Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in the East of the Pamir Mountain System}}

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Shughnon Range or Shugnan Range ({{langx|tg|Қаторкӯҳи Шуғнон|Qatorkūhi Şuğnon}}) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. Administratively it is located in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination.Google Earth

Geography

The Shughnon Range stretches between the river valleys of the Gunt in the north and its tributary the Shakhdara in the south. Its slopes are covered in alpine meadows and steppe. There are glaciated areas in the range.[https://silkadv.com/en/content/glaciers-shugnan-range Glaciers of Shugnan Range]

Its highest summit is 5,704 m high Pik Skalisty.{{cite web|url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article124753.html|publisher=Great Soviet Encyclopedia|title=Шугнанский хребет}}

See also

References

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{{Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province}}

Category:Mountain ranges of Tajikistan

Category:Districts of Republican Subordination

Category:Pamir Mountains

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