Mayakovskiy Peak

Mayakovskiy Peak
Mayakovskiy Peak Location in Tajikistan
Coordinates: 37°10′N 71°40′E / 37.167°N 71.667°E / 37.167; 71.667
Country	Tajikistan
Province	GBAO

Mayakovskiy Peak is a peak in Pamir Mountains, in the extreme south-west corner of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (Ishkoshim District), where the north-south Ishkoshim Range joins the east-west Shakhdara Range. Elevation 6,096 m. Discovered in the early 1930s by Soviet explorer Luknitskiy, who gave it a figurative name, Three-Headed Peak.^[1] After the first ascent by Soviet alpinists in 1947, the peak was renamed in honor of the Soviet Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovskiy (1893-1930).^[2]

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Coordinates: 37°10′N 71°40′E / 37.167°N 71.667°E / 37.167; 71.667

Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

Capital: Khorugh

Districts	Darvoz Ishkoshim Murghob Roshtqal'a Rushon Shughnon Vanj

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

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