Mount Beshtor

Beshtor
гора Бештор, гора Беш-Тёр
Beshtor Location in Uzbekistan
Elevation	4,299 m (14,104 ft)
Location
Location	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Range	Pskem Mountains
Coordinates	42°06′N 70°52′E / 42.100°N 70.867°E / 42.100; 70.867Coordinates: 42°06′N 70°52′E / 42.100°N 70.867°E / 42.100; 70.867

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). Beshtor is the second highest peak in both Tashkent Province and the Pskem Range.

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.