Dzerzhinsky Peak
| Dzerzhinsky Peak | ||
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| height | 6717 m | |
| location | Mountain Badakhshan ( Tajikistan ) | |
| Mountains | Transalai Mountains ( Pamir ) | |
| Dominance | 8.76 km → Lenin Peak | |
| Notch height | 917 m ↓ ( 5800 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 39 ° 20 ′ 29 " N , 72 ° 46 ′ 33" E | |
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| First ascent | 1936, Yevgeny Beletsky | |
The Pik Dserschinski ( Russian Пик Дзержинского ) is one of the highest mountain in the central portion of the Transalai chain of the northern part Pamir (Central Asia).
location
The 6,717 m high Dzerzhinsky Peak rises 8.76 km west of Lenin Peak , a few meters southwest of the main ridge, on Tajik territory. The Baku Glacier is located on the southern flank of Dzerzhinsky Peak .
Origin of name
The mountain was named after the Russian professional revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky .
Minor peaks
The secondary peak Pik Baku ( 6305 m ⊙ ) is located on the secondary ridge of Pik Dzerzhinsky, 3.4 km west-southwest.
Ascent history
Dzerzhinsky Peak was first climbed in 1936 by a Soviet mountaineering group led by Yevgeny Beletsky .
Web links
- Photo at pamir2014.planetaduha.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev: Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs (PDF 4.6 MB) Alpine Journal, 1996, 122-130.