Trans-Alay Range

Trans-Alay Range (Чоң Алай кырка тоосу)
Range
Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley
Country Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Region Osh Province
Highest point Lenin Peak
 - elevation 7,134 m (23,406 ft)
Length 250 km (155 mi), E-W
Width 40 km (25 mi), N-S
Geology Composed of limestone and schist

of Paleozoic and Mesozoic

The Trans-Alay Range (also Trans Alai) is the northernmost range of the Pamir Mountains , where the Pamirs and the Tian Shan come together. They form the border between Osh Province, Kyrgyzstan and Gorno-Badakshan province, Tajikistan. To the north is the Alay Valley and to the south, the Muksu River. The highest peak in the range is Lenin Peak.[1]

References

  1. ^ (in Russian) Ошская область:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast]. Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1987. pp. 448.