Karl Marx Peak

Karl Marx Peak
Karl Marx Peak

Location in Tajikistan

Highest point
Elevation 6,723 m (22,057 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,693 m (8,835 ft) [1]
Listing Ultra
Coordinates 37°09′45″N 72°28′54″E / 37.16250°N 72.48167°E / 37.16250; 72.48167Coordinates: 37°09′45″N 72°28′54″E / 37.16250°N 72.48167°E / 37.16250; 72.48167 [1]
Geography
Location GBAO, Tajikistan
Parent range Shakhdara Range (Pamirs)
Climbing
First ascent 1946 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Central Asian Republics - Ultra Prominence Page" Peaklist.org. Listed as "Pik Karla Marksa". Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  2. ↑ Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition (Russian).
  3. ↑ "Pik Karl Marx" in Encarta World Atlas. Archived June 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Pik Karl Marx, Tajikistan" Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  5. ↑ Discovery of Karl Marx Peak (Russian).
  6. ↑ First ascent (Russian).


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