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Trans Alay Range

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Elevation
  
7,134 m (23,406 ft)

Width
  
40 km (25 mi) N-S

Type of rock
  
Limestone and schist

Country
  
Kyrgyzstan

Periods
  
Paleozoic, Mesozoic

Length
  
250 km (160 mi) E-W

Age of rock
  
Paleozoic and Mesozoic

Highest point
  
Lenin Peak

Types of rock
  
Limestone, Schist

Ages of rock
  
Paleozoic, Mesozoic

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State/Province
  
Osh Province, Gorno-Badakshan

Mountains
  
Lenin Peak, Kurumdy Mountain

Similar
  
Lenin Peak, Kyzylart Pass, Fedchenko Glacier, Ismoil Somoni Peak, Taldyk Pass

The Trans-Alay Range (Kyrgyz: Чоң Алай кырка тоосу, Chon Alai Krka Toosu; Russian: Заалайский хребет, Zaalaisky Khrebet; also 'Trans Alai') is the northernmost range of the Pamir Mountain System.

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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 province in Tajikistan and Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan, stretching eastwards until the border with China. To the north lies the Alay Valley and to the south, the Muksu River.

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 Sat Peak (5,900 m), the central —with some of the highest summits, including Lenin Peak, Dzerzhinsky Peak (6717 m), Oktyabrsy Peak ( 6780 m), and Marshal Zhukov Peak (6,842 m), and the eastern — highest peak Kurumdy I summit (6,614 m).

References

Trans-Alay Range Wikipedia