The Trans-Alay Range (; ; 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 Tian Shan come together. This heavily glaciated range forms the border between Gorno-Badakshan region in Tajikistan and Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan, stretching eastwards until the border with China. To the north lies the Alay Valley and to the south, the river Muksu.

Trans-Alay Range

Peaks

The highest peak in the range is 7,134 m high Lenin Peak. 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).

Trans-Alay Range

See also

List of mountains in Tajikistan

References

Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan

Mountain ranges of Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border

Pamir Mountains

Trans-Alay Range