Trans-Alay Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Trans-Alay Range
| native_name =
| other_name = {{langx|tg|қаторкӯҳи Паси Олой}}
{{langx|ky|Чоң Алай кырка тоосу}}
{{langx|ru|Заалайский хребет}}
| etymology =
| photo = Alai Valley 1.jpg
| photo_caption = Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley
| photo_size = 250
| country = Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
| state =
| region = Osh Province, Gorno-Badakshan
| district =
| border =
| highest = Ibn Sina/Lenin Peak
| elevation_m = 7134
| range_coordinates =
| length_km = 250
| length_orientation = E-W
| width_km = 40
| width_orientation = N-S
| area_km2 =
| geology = Limestone and schist
| orogeny =
| period = Paleozoic and Mesozoic
| coordinates = {{coord|39.3333|N|72.9167|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map = Tajikistan
| map_caption = Location in Tajikistan
| label_position = none
| language = en
}}
The Trans-Alay or Trans-Alai Range ({{langx|ky|Чоң Алай кырка тоосу}}, {{translit|ky|Chong Alay kyrka toosu}}; {{langx|tg|қаторкӯҳи Паси Олой}}, {{translit|tg|qatorkŭhi Pasi Oloy}}, or {{lang|tg|қаторкӯҳи Каюмарс}}, {{lang|tg|qatorkŭhi Kayumars}}; {{langx|ru|Заалайский хребет}}, {{translit|ru|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
The Trans-Alay is located in the area where the Pamirs and the Tian Shan come together. This heavily glaciated range forms the border between the Gorno-Badakshan region in Tajikistan and the Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, stretching eastwards until the border with China. The name was from the viewpoint of Russian explorers in the region: The Alay Range lies to the north of the Alay Valley, formed by the Kyzyl-Suu or upper Vakhsh River, one of the principal tributaries of the Amu Darya. The range on the far side of the valley, more distant from Russia and its outposts, became known as the Trans-Alay. The southern valley dividing the Trans-Alay from the Pamir proper is that of the river Muksu.
=Peaks=
The highest peak in the range is the 7134 m high Ibn Sina/Lenin Peak.[http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1996_files/AJ%201996%20122-130%20Gippenreiter%20USSR.pdf Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev, Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs, in: Alpine Journal 1996]
The Kyzylart and Ters-Agar mountain passes geographically divide the range into three parts: the western —highest peak {{Interlanguage link multi|Sat Peak|de|3=Pik Sat}} (5,900 m), the central —with some of the highest summits, including Lenin Peak, {{Interlanguage link multi|Dzerzhinsky Peak|de|3=Pik Dserschinski}} (6717 m), {{Interlanguage link multi|Oktyabrsy Peak|de|3=Pik Oktjabrski}} (6780 m), and Marshal Zhukov Peak (6842 m),{{cite peakware|id=2322|name=Pik Marshal Zhukov|accessdate=13 March 2018}} and the eastern — highest peak Kurumdy I summit (6614 m).{{cite book|script-title=ru:Ошская область:Энциклопедия|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast|publisher=Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia|language=ru|location=Frunze|year=1987|pages=448}}
See also
References
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Category:Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan
Category:Mountain ranges of Tajikistan
Category:Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border
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