Qala Wust
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| Qala Wust | |
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 Qala Wust
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| Coordinates: 36°58′19″N 72°50′48″E / 36.97194°N 72.84667°ECoordinates: 36°58′19″N 72°50′48″E / 36.97194°N 72.84667°E | |
| Country |  Afghanistan |
| Province | Badakhshan Province |
| Time zone | + 4.30 |
Qala Wust[1] (name variants: Kala Wust, Ūst, Qal‘ah-ye Ūst (BGN standard), Qal‘a-i-Ūst, Qala Ust, Qala Yost, Qal‘eh-ye Vost[2]) is a mountain village in the Wakhan region of the Badakhshan Province, north-eastern Afghanistan.
Qala Wust is a settlement of Tajik highlanders.[3]
The village gave names to the Qala Wust Valley,[4][5] Qala Wust Gneiss formation[6], and made a former name (Koh-i Qala-i Ust; koh-i means "mountain of") of the Kohanha massif.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "qala/kala/etc. means "fort", stronghold" in Iranian languages
- ^ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp.
- ^ a b "Himalaje-Karakorum", by Kazimierz Saysse-Tobiczyk, 138, 148
- ^ The American Alpine Journal, Volume 15, p. 220
- ^ The Himalayan journal, Volume 32, p. 48
- ^ Geology of Central Badakhshan and Surrounding Countries, 1975, Istituto di Geologia, Universita de Milano (Italy), p. 300
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