Terskey Alatau

Teskey Ala-Too

Terskey Alatau range seen from across Issyk Kul Lake
Highest point
Peak Boris Yeltsin Peak
Elevation 5,216 m (17,113 ft)
Dimensions
Length 354 km (220 mi) E-W
Width 40 km (25 mi) N-S
Naming
Native name Тескей Ала-Тоо
Geography
Country Kyrgyzstan
State/Province Issyk Kul Province
Broken Heart Rock, in the Jety-Oguz Valley in the Terskey Ala-Too

The Teskey Ala-Too or Terskey Ala-Too (Kyrgyz: Тескей Ала-Тоосу, [teskéj ɑlɑtoːsú]) is a mountain range in Kyrgyzstan's Tien-Shan that borders Issyk Kul and Kochkor Valley from the south. The length of the range is 354 km and highest peak - Boris Yeltsin Peak (5,216 m).[1]

Geology

Terskey Ala-Too is composed of granites and granodiorites of Caledonian, and granites, metamorphic schists, quartzites, sandstones, and limestones of Paleozoic.

References

  1. ↑ Иссык-Куль.Нарын:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblast] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Encyclopedia. 1991. p. 512. ISBN 5-89750-009-6.

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