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Shughnon Range

Shughnon Range or Shugnan Range (Russian: Шугнанский хребет) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. Administratively it is located in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination.

Geography

The Shughnon Range stretches between the river valleys of the Gunt in the north and its tributary the Shakhdara in the south. Its slopes are covered in alpine meadows and steppe. There are glaciated areas in the range.

Its highest summit is 5,704 m high Pik Skalisty.

See also

References

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ "Шугнанский хребет". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Glaciers of Shugnan Range