Shakhdara Range

Shakhdara Range (Russian: Шахдаринский хребет) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System.

Shakhdara Range Шахдаринский хребет
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Peak	Karl Marx Peak
Elevation	6,726 m (22,067 ft)
Coordinates	37°10′N 72°0′E
Geography
Country	Tajikistan
Parent range	Pamir Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Paleozoic
Type of rock	sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

The range lies in the extreme south-western Pamir in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. It runs roughly in the east-west direction between the Shakhdara River to the north and Panj on the border with Afghanistan to the south, separating the watersheds of both rivers and rising toward Mayakovskiy Peak (6,096 m) in the west and Karl Marx Peak (6,726 m) in the east. Other high peaks of the range are Tajikistan Peak (6,565 m) and Engels Peak (6,510 m).[1]

The range takes its name (in both English and Russian) from the Shakhdara River, and is sometimes erroneously called Shakhdarin Range (or Shakhdarin Mountains), a corruption of the Russian name.

See also

• Roshtqal'a district

References

1. Shakhdara Range - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia