Boom Gorge

Boom Gorge

Boom Gorge ('shoestring gorge', Kyrgyz: Боом капчыгайы, Russian: Боомское ущелье) is an antecedent gorge in Chuy Province and Issyk-Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. From the Russian spelling, the English pronunciation would be 'boh-ohm'.

The Boom Gorge Mountains

The gorge cuts, in a general north-south direction, across one of Tian Shan's mountain range systems. The range east of the gorge is known as Kyungey Ala-Too (Russian: Кюнгей Ала-Тоо, based on similar Kyrgyz spelling), the one to the west is the Kyrgyz Ala-Too (Russian: Киргизский хребет).[1]

The Chu River passes northwards through it and then enters the wider Chuy Valley. The Bishkek-Tokmak-Kemin-Balykchy highway (A365) passes through the gorge, as does the railway from Bishkek to Balykchy.

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  1. ↑ Soviet topo map K-43-B (Russian: К-43-Б), 1:500,000. USSR Ministry of Defence, 1988.

Coordinates: 42°35′N 75°48′E / 42.583°N 75.800°E / 42.583; 75.800

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