Moscow Peak
| Moscow Peak | ||
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| height | 6785 m | |
| location | Nohija Tawildara in Nohijahoi tobei dschumhurij ( Tajikistan ) | |
| Mountains | Peter I chain ( Pamir ) | |
| Dominance | 15.7 km → Pik Ismoil Somoni | |
| Notch height | 1155 m ↓ ( 5630 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 56 '55 " N , 71 ° 50' 5" E | |
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| First ascent | 1959 by I. Bogachev | |
The Moscow Peak ( Russian пик Москва , Tajik Қуллаи Москва , Qullai Moscow ) is a mountain in Tajikistan in Central Asia .
location
The 6785 m high glaciated mountain forms the highest point of the Peter I chain in the western Pamirs . 15.7 km further east rises the 7,495 m high Ismoil Somoni Peak (formerly Communism Peak or Stalin Peak ). Three mountain ridges meet at Moscow Peak. One leads east to Pik Ismoil Somoni, another leads towards west-southwest and a third to north-west. The Fortambek glacier flows on the northeast flank . The upper end of the Sagrang Glacier is on the western flank . South of Moscow Peak , the Gando Glacier flows in a westerly direction.
Ascent history
The main summit was first climbed in 1959 by I. Bogachev. The somewhat lower western summit ( 6725 m ) was first climbed in 1956 by D. Oboladze.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Pik Moscow in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Map at g151.ru: J-42 144 л (Таджикистан (ДУШАНБЕ), Узбекистан, Киргизи Туркмени Афганистан, Пакистан)
- ↑ a b Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev: Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs (PDF 4.6 MB) Alpine Journal, 1996, 122-130.
