Gorky Peak
| Spades (Maxim) Gorky | ||
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 View from the south over the southern Engiltschek glacier to Gorki peak |
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| height | 6050 m | |
| location | Ak-Suu Raion in Issyk Kul ( Kyrgyzstan ) | |
| Mountains | Tengritoo ( Tian Shan ) | |
| Dominance | 4.47 km → Chapayev Peak | |
| Notch height | 420 m ↓ ( 5630 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 11 '8 " N , 80 ° 5' 14" E | |
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| First ascent | 1962, B. Gavrilow | |
The Pik (Maxim) Gorki ( English Gorkova or Gorkiy Peak ) is a mountain in Tian Shan in Kyrgyzstan .
location
The 6050 m high Pik Gorki is located in the Tengritoo ridge , which runs between the northern and southern Engiltschek glaciers. A mountain ridge leads in an easterly direction over the 5,940 m high Pik Abalakow and 6,371 m high Pik Tschapajew to the 6,995 m high Khan Tengri . The 5561 m high Pik Sovetskoj Kirgisii rises further to the west .
Origin of name
The mountain was named after the Russian writer Maxim Gorky .
Ascent history
Gorky Peak was first climbed in 1962. In 1972 a Kyrgyz climbing group led by V. Kotschetkow succeeded in climbing the south-southwest face for the first time.
Web links
Commons : Pik Gorki - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Photo of the south wall at summitpost.org
cards
- Sheet 0/15 Khan Tengri - Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan , Alpine Club Map 1: 100,000
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.
- ^ Asia, USSR, Pamirs and Tien Shan . American Alpine Journal, 1973, vol. 18th