Peter I Range

Peter I Range Хребет Петра I
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Peak	Moscow Peak
Elevation	6,785 m (22,260 ft)
Dimensions
Length	200 km (120 mi) E/W
Width	40 km (25 mi) N/S
Geography
Country	Tajikistan
Parent range	Pamir Mountains
Geology
Rock age	Mesozoic/Cenozoic
Rock type(s)	Sandstone and conglomerate

Peter I Range, Peter the First Range or Peter the Great Range (Template:Lang-ru or Хребет Петра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter the Great (1672 – 1725).

Geography

Peter I Range is located in the south-east of Jirgatol district in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination. It forms a westerly extension of the northern Pamirs, separating the watersheds of the Surchob in the north and the Obikhingou river in the south. The range stretches in a roughly East-West direction for about 200 km, connecting with the Academy of Sciences Range at its eastern end.

Peaks

Its highest summit is Moscow Peak (6,785 m). Other peaks are Leningrad Peak (6,507 m), Abalakov Peak (6,446 m), Oshanin Peak (6,389 m), Kirov Peak (6,372 m), Kuybyshev Peak (6,189 m), and the ultra-prominent Agassiz Peak (5,877 m).

See also

• List of mountains in Tajikistan

External links

• Shear-wave polarizations in the Peter the First Range indicating crack-induced anisotropy in a thrust-fault regime