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Mountains of Central Asia

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Aýrybaba

Aýrybaba (Ayri-Baba) is the highest mountain in Turkmenistan, about 3,139 m, in the Koytendag or Kugitang range of the Pamir-Alay on the Uzbek border; a sacred two-headed summit with annual Flag Day climbs by the Agama club.

Gora Alagordy (mountain, China)

Köketau is a name for Gora Alagordy, also called Besbakan and Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak, a 4,622 m mountain on the China–Kazakhstan border and the highest point of the Dzungarian Alatau.

Gora Belukha (mountain, Russia)

Gora Belukha (Гора Белуха), Mount Belukha or Muztau, is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains and Siberia at 4,506–4,509 m, a twin-summed glacier massif on the Russia–Kazakhstan border first climbed in 1914.

Gora Chimtarga

Gora Chimtarga, also known as Kuhi Chimtarga, is a 5,489-meter peak in the Fann Mountains of Sughd Region, northwestern Tajikistan, and the range's highest summit.

Gora Kurumdy

Gora Kurumdy (Гора Курумды), also written Kurumdy or Kurumdi, is a 6,614-meter peak in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border near China.

Gora Manas

Gora Manas (Гора Манас) names two Kyrgyz mountains: a 3,335 m peak in Chuy Region and Manas Peak, 4,482 m, the highest summit of the Talas Ala-Too in the Western Tien Shan, both named for the epic hero Manas.

Gora Radzhi-Bek (Kudara)

Gora Radzhi-Bek, also called Kudara, is a 5,735 m ultra-prominent Pamir summit in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, with 1,940 m prominence, parent Qullai Istiqlol, near the Kudara locality and river.

Gora Tastau

Gora Tastau (Гора Тастау, Тастау тауы) is a 2,992 m peak in Abai Region, Kazakhstan, the highest summit of the Tarbagatay ridge in the Saur-Tarbagatay system, with 1,679 m prominence and no glaciation.

Ismoil Somoni Peak

Ismoil Somoni Peak, formerly Stalin Peak and Communism Peak (Пик Коммунизма), is Tajikistan's highest mountain at 7,495 m in the Pamirs' Academy of Sciences Range, first climbed in 1933 by Yevgeniy Abalakov and a Snow Leopard challenge peak.

Pik Achiktash (ex. Lenina)

Pik Achiktash (ex. Lenina): entry name for Lenin Peak, now Ibn Sina Peak (пик Ленина), a 7,134 m Pamir summit on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border, with the Achiktash valley base camp at 3,600 m.

Pik Imeni Ismail Samani (ex. Kommunizma)

Pik Imeni Ismail Samani (Ismoil Somoni Peak, ex-Stalin Peak, ex-Communism Peak) is Tajikistan's 7,495 m highest summit in the Pamirs' Academy of Sciences Range, first climbed in 1933 by Yevgeniy Abalakov.

Pik Karla Marksa

Pik Karla Marksa, also called Karl Marx Peak (Пик Карла Маркса), is a 6,723-meter glaciated mountain in the Shakhdara Range of the Pamir in Tajikistan.

Pik Patkhor

Pik Patkhor (Патхор, Patkhor Peak) is a 6,083 m mountain in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, the highest summit of the Rushan Range in the Pamirs, first climbed in 1946.

Pik Revolutsii

Pik Revolutsii (Revolution Peak), now officially Qullai Istiqlol, is a 6,940 m peak in the Yazgulem Range of the central Pamir, Tajikistan, first climbed in 1954.

Pik Sat

Pik Sat is a mountain peak located in the Pamir region of Tajikistan, near the Trans-Alay range border. This peak is considered ultra-prominent as its topographic prominence surpasses 1,500 meters.

Pik Skalistiy

Pik Skalistiy (Пик Скалистый), a 5,621 m ultra-prominent peak in the Turkestan Range, Batken, Kyrgyzstan; highest point of the Central Turkestan Ranges; distinct from same-named peaks in Tajikistan, Almaty, and the Caucasus.

Pik Sovetskikh Ofitserov (HP Muzkol)

Pik Sovetskikh Ofitserov (пик Советских Офицеров), 6,233 m, is the highest peak of the Muzkol Range in the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan; an Ultra with 1,980 m prominence, named in 1945 and first climbed in 1988.

Pik Talgar

Pik Talgar (Пик Талгар), highest peak of the Zailiyskiy Alatau in Kazakhstan's Tian Shan, elevation 4,978.9–5,017 m depending on source; first climbed 1938, with glaciers feeding the Talgar River.

Semionova Tien-Shanskogo (HP Ala-Archa)

Semionova Tien-Shanskogo (пик Семёнова-Тянь-Шаньского), also Ala-Archa High Point, is a 4,895 m ultra-prominent peak in Kyrgyzstan's Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range, its highest point, in Ala-Archa National Park, first climbed in 1950.