The Teskey Alatoo ( ky, Тескей Алатоо, , ), usually still known in English by its Russian name Terskey Alatau (, ) is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from the river

Joon-Aryk The Joon-Aryk ( ky, Жоон-Арык) is a river in Kochkor District of Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is formed by confluence of Kara-Kujur and Telek rivers. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Average annual discharge - 11.4 cubic mete ...

near Kochkor in the west to the far northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan. The length of the range is 354 km and its width is 40 km. Its highest peak is

Karakol Peak Karakol Peak (russian: Пик Каракол, Pik Karakol, ky, Каракол чокусу, Karakol çokusu) is a mountain in the Terskey Ala-too of the Tian Shan. It is located in the Issyk-Kul Region in east Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pro ...

(5,216 m). Another high peak is

Boris Yeltsin Peak Boris Yeltsin Peak (russian: Пик Бориса Ельцина, Pik Borisa Yel'tsina, ky, Огуз-Баши, Oguz-Bashi) is a mountain in the Terskey Ala-too range of the Tian Shan. It is located in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It was r ...

(5,168 m).

Geology

Teskey Alatoo is composed of granites and granodiorites of Caledonian, and granites, metamorphic schists, quartzites, sandstones, and limestones of Paleozoic. Kyrgyzstan Canyons Dzhety Oguz 001

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* * Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan Mountain ranges of the Tian Shan {{IssykKul-geo-stub