Darwaskette
| Darwaskette | ||
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| Highest peak | Arnawad Peak ( 5992 m ) | |
| location | Berg-Badachschan , Nohijahoi tobei dschumhurij ( Tajikistan ) | |
| part of | Pamir | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 34 ' N , 71 ° 31' E | |
The Darwaskette ( Russian Дарва́зький хребе́т ) is a mountain range in the western Pamirs in Tajikistan .
The Darwaskette extends over a length of 200 km in a northeast-southwest direction in the west of the Tajik autonomous province of Berg-Badachschan on the border with the Nohijahoi tobei dschumhurij region . It forms a continuation of the north-eastern chain of the Academy of Sciences . The mountain range forms the watershed between the Wantsch in the southeast and the Obichingou in the northwest. The peak Arnawad with a height of 5992 m is the highest peak of the mountain range. The entire glacier area of the Darwas chain covers approximately 750 km².
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Darwaskette in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Qullai Arnavad, Tajikistan on Peakbagger.com (English)