Karl Marx Peak

Karl Marx Peak
Karl Marx Peak
Location in Tajikistan
Elevation 6,723 m (22,057 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,693 m (8,835 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Location
Location  Tajikistan, GBAO
Range Shakhdara Range (Pamirs)
Coordinates [1]
Climbing
First ascent 1946 by Evgeniy Beletskiy et al.

Karl Marx Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Карл Маркс) rises to 6,723 m (22,057 ft) in the Shakhdara Range in Pamir Mountains, in the south-west of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (eastern part of Ishkoshim district), just north of the Panj River and the Afghanistan border.[2][3][4] The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.[5] The ascent was delayed by the outbreak of World War II, and Karl Marx Peak was first climbed in 1946 by а group of Soviet alpinists led by Evgeniy Beletskiy.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Central Asian Republics - Ultra Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Listed as "Pik Karla Marksa". Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  2. ^ Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition (Russian).
  3. ^ "Pik Karl Marx" in Encarta World Atlas.
  4. ^ "Pik Karl Marx, Tajikistan" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  5. ^ Discovery of Karl Marx Peak (Russian).
  6. ^ First ascent (Russian).

External links

Capital: Khorugh
Districts
Main cities and towns
Khorugh  · Kalai-Khumb  · Ishkoshim  · Murghab  · Roshtqal'a  · Rushon  · Vanj
Geography
Darvoz Range  · Vanj River  · Vanj Range  · Yazgulyam River · Yazgulem Range · Bartang River · Rushan Range · Gunt River  · Shughnon Range  · Sarikol Range  · Shakhdara River  · Shakhdara Range · Ishkoshim Range · Panj River  · Sarez Lake  · Zorkul Lake  · Karakul Lake  · Mayakovskiy Peak  · Karl Marx Peak