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Academy of Sciences Range (Russian: Хребет Академии Наук, Khrebet Akademiy Nauk; Tajik: Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs of Tajikistan. It is stretched in a north-south direction and considered to be the core of the Pamir mountain system.

Academy of Sciences Range Хребет Академии Наук Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho
Ismoil Somoni Peak in 1989
Highest point
Peak	Ismoil Somoni Peak
Elevation	7,495 m (24,590 ft)
Coordinates	38°55′N 72°01′E
Geography
Country	Tajikistan
Parent range	Pamir Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Paleozoic
Type of rock	sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

Geography

The highest peak of the range is the Ismoil Somoni Peak. It was also the highest peak in the former Soviet Union. The length of the Academy of Sciences Range is about 110 km. The crest of the range has an Alpine-like relief with 24 summits more than 6,000 m in height. The lowest saddle point, Kamaloyak (Камалояк), is at the altitude of 4,340 m (14,240 ft).

The range is formed with sedimentary and metamorphic rocks of the Paleozoic Era and partially granites. It is covered with permanent snow, which feeds a large number of big glaciers. The total area of the glacial ice is around 1,500 km².[1]

History

The Academy of Sciences Range was first mapped by Russian geographer and Pamir explorer Nikolai Korzhenevskiy and named after the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1927.

See also

• List of mountains of Tajikistan
• Ismoil Somoni Peak
• Peak Korzhenevskaya
• Garmo Peak

References

На других языках

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[de] Kette der Akademie der Wissenschaften

Die Kette der Akademie der Wissenschaften (russisch Академии Наук хребет) ist ein Gebirgszug im Westen des Pamir-Gebirges in Tadschikistan.

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- [en] Academy of Sciences Range

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[fr] Chaînon de l'Académie des Sciences

Le chaînon de l'Académie des Sciences (Akademiya Nauk en russe) est un massif montagneux situé au Tadjikistan, dans le Pamir. Il culmine à 7 495 mètres d'altitude au pic Ismail Samani, généralement considéré comme le point culminant du Pamir et plus haut sommet du pays.

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[it] Monti Akademii-Nauk

I monti Akademii-Nauk[1][2], o monti Accademia delle Scienze, (in russo Хребет Академии Наук, Chrebet Akademii Nauk; in tagico Qatorkŭhi Akademiyai Fanho) sono una catena montuosa nel Pamir occidentale in Tagikistan. La catena fu scoperta da Nikolai L. Korženevskij nel 1927 e nominata in onore della Accademia delle scienze dell'URSS.[3]

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[ru] Хребет Академии Наук

Хребет Академии Наук (тадж. Қаторкуҳи Академияи Фанҳо) — горный хребет на Западном Памире в Таджикистане. Хребет простирается в меридиональном направлении на расстояние около 110 км[1].

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