Nursultan of Spades
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 View from the northwest from Pik Kumbeli to Pik Nursultan |
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| height | 4376 m | |
| location | Audany Talghar in the Almaty region ( Kazakhstan ) | |
| Mountains | Transili-Alatau ( Tian Shan ) | |
| Dominance | 3.27 km → Ordzhonikidze ( 4410 m ) | |
| Notch height | 426 m ↓ Ordzhonikidze Pass ( 3950 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 5 '10 " N , 77 ° 7' 12" E | |
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The Pik Nursultan ( Russian Пик Нурсултан (Комсомол) , Pik Nursultan ; also Pik Komsomol or Pik Komsomola ) is a mountain in Transili-Alatau in Kazakhstan .
The 4376 m high mountain is located 25 km southeast of the city center of the metropolis Almaty . It is located in a mountain range that branches off from the main ridge of the Transili-Alatau to the north. On the southern flank of Pik Nursultan, a smaller glacier flows west and feeds the Kitschi Almaty , which flows north to the metropolis of Almaty. The river valley of the Left Talghar runs east of Pik Nursultan . The Pik Talgar , the highest mountain in Transili-Alatau, is located 18 km east of Pik Nursultan.
The mountain was named after the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev . At the foot of the mountain, 5 km north-north-west, is the Schymbulak winter sports center .
Web links
- Photo at summitpost.org: Komsomol (Nursultan) Peak
- Sketch of the mountain ridges at steelinside.com (PDF file (358 kB))
