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'''Karl Marx Peak''' ({{lang-tg|Қуллаи Карл Маркс}}) rises to {{convert|6723|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the [[Shakhdara Range]] in [[Pamir Mountains]], in the south-west of Tajikistan's [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]] (eastern part of [[Ishkoshim district]]), just north of the [[Panj River]] and the [[Afghanistan]] border.<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article059298.html ''Big Soviet Encyclopedia'', on-line edition] {{ru icon}}.</ref><ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/map_701589908/Pik_Karl_Marx.html "Pik Karl Marx" in ''Encarta World Atlas''.] {{Dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref><ref name="peakbagger">[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10503 "Pik Karl Marx, Tajikistan"] Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.</ref> The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.<ref>[http://poxod.ru/narration/beleckij/p_beleckij_snovagorypamqlc_a.html Discovery of Karl Marx Peak {{ru icon}}.]</ref> The ascent was delayed by the outbreak of World War II, and Karl Marx Peak was first climbed in 1946 by а group of Soviet alpinists led by Evgeniy Beletskiy.<ref>[http://www.alpklubspb.ru/persona/belecky.htm First ascent {{ru icon}}.]</ref>
'''Karl Marx Peak''' ({{lang-tg|Қуллаи Карл Маркс}}) rises to {{convert|6723|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} in the [[Shakhdara Range]] in [[Pamir Mountains]], in the south-west of Tajikistan's [[Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province]] (eastern part of [[Ishkoshim district]]), just north of the [[Panj River]] and the [[Afghanistan]] border.<ref>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article059298.html ''Big Soviet Encyclopedia'', on-line edition] {{ru icon}}.</ref><ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/map_701589908/Pik_Karl_Marx.html "Pik Karl Marx" in ''Encarta World Atlas''.] {{wayback|url=http://encarta.msn.com/map_701589908/Pik_Karl_Marx.html |date=20060629064326 }}</ref><ref name="peakbagger">[http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=10503 "Pik Karl Marx, Tajikistan"] Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.</ref> The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.<ref>[http://poxod.ru/narration/beleckij/p_beleckij_snovagorypamqlc_a.html Discovery of Karl Marx Peak {{ru icon}}.]</ref> The ascent was delayed by the outbreak of World War II, and Karl Marx Peak was first climbed in 1946 by а group of Soviet alpinists led by Evgeniy Beletskiy.<ref>[http://www.alpklubspb.ru/persona/belecky.htm First ascent {{ru icon}}.]</ref>


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Karl Marx Peak
Karl Marx Peak is located in Tajikistan
Karl Marx Peak
Karl Marx Peak
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Elevation6,723 m (22,057 ft)[1]
Prominence2,693 m (8,835 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Geography
LocationGBAO, Tajikistan
Parent rangeShakhdara Range (Pamirs)
Climbing
First ascent1946 by Evgeniy Beletskiy et al.

Karl Marx Peak (Tajik: Қуллаи Карл Маркс) rises to 6,723 m (22,057 ft) in the Shakhdara Range in Pamir Mountains, in the south-west of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (eastern part of Ishkoshim district), just north of the Panj River and the Afghanistan border.[2][3][4] The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.[5] The ascent was delayed by the outbreak of World War II, and Karl Marx Peak was first climbed in 1946 by а group of Soviet alpinists led by Evgeniy Beletskiy.[6]

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