Mount Beshtor

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Beshtor гора Бештор, гора Беш-Тёр
Beshtor Location in Uzbekistan
Coordinates: 42°06′N 70°52′E / 42.1, 70.867
Country	‎ Uzbekistan
Province	Tashkent Province
Elevation	4,299 m (14,104 ft)
Second highest point in Tashkent Province.

Mount Beshtor (Russian: гора Бештор, also Беш-Тёр) rises to 4,299 m in Pskem Range in the north-eastern tip of Uzbekistan's Tashkent Province. Located on the southern border with Kyrgyzstan, a short distance to the south-west from another towering peak in Pskem Range, Mount Adelung (Adelunga Toghi, 4,301 m).

[edit] References

• Atlas of Soviet Republics of Central Asia, Moscow, 1988, in Russian, p. 22.
• Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition, in Russian, accessed May 23, 2008.
• Coordinates from MapPlanet, accessed May 23, 2008.

Coordinates: 42°06′N, 70°52′E