Pik Prschewalsky
| Pik Prschewalsky | ||
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 Pik Prschewalski (photo by Gottfried Merzbacher in 1902/03) |
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| height | 6278 m | |
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Audany Raiymbek in Almaty ( Kazakhstan ), county wensu county in the administrative district of Aksu in Xinjiang ( China ) |
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| Mountains | Meridional chain ( Tian Shan ) | |
| Dominance | 3.25 km → Eastern Schater | |
| Notch height | 908 m ↓ ( 5370 m ) | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 14 ′ 7 ″ N , 80 ° 17 ′ 1 ″ E | |
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| First ascent | 1974, Y. Popenko | |
The Pik Prschewalski ( Russian Пик Пржевальского ) is a mountain in the Tian Shan on the border between Xinjiang ( PR China ) and Kazakhstan .
location
The 6,278 m (according to other sources 6,450 m ) high Pik Prschewalski lies in the meridional chain ( Meridianal'Nyj ). 3.25 km to the west-southwest is the Eastern Shater as a reference to dominance . In the north rises the Mramornaja Stena ("marble wall"). The Khan Tengri is located 9.4 km west-southwest of Pik Prschewalski.
A short ridge branches off from the Medional chain to the south. The western flank of Pik Prschewalski forms the nutrient area of the Northern Engiltschek Glacier . The east and south flanks of Pik Prschewalski lie in the catchment area of the Tugbelchi glacier .
Origin of name
The name of the mountain is derived from the Russian explorer Nikolai Michailowitsch Prschewalski .
Minor peaks
One kilometer north of Pik Prschewalski rises the 6,180 m high Pik 100 Years of the Russian Geographical Society ( ⊙ ) with a 5930 m high saddle in between. A further 1.44 km to the north is a 6,261 m high summit ( ⊙ ), which forms a junction of the meridional chain to a 25 km long mountain range running east.
Ascent history
Pik Prschewalski was first climbed in 1974.
Web links
- Przhevalskovo, China / Kazakhstan on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Mountain panorama at climbingguidebg.com
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.