Khazret Sultan (in
Uzbek Hazrati Sulton choʻqqisi) is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
and the highest point of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
,
[ ] with an elevation of . It is located on the border of
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
and
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, in
Surxondaryo Region
Surxondaryo Region ( uz, Surxondaryo viloyati, Сурхондарё вилояти, سرخاندریا ولایت, russian: Сурхандарьинская область, fa, سرخاندریا, UniPers: "sorxāndaryā"), old spelling Su ...
, in the Uzbek part of the
Gissar Range
Hisar Range ( tg, Қаторкӯҳи Ҳисор; uz, Hisor tizmasi, russian: Гиссарский хребет; uk, Ґаторкугі Гісор; fa, رشتهکوه حصار; also known as Hissar, Hisor, or Gissar Range) is a mountain range ...
. This mountain was formerly known as ''Peak of the 22nd Congress of the
Communist Party''.
See also
*
Geography of Uzbekistan
*
List of mountains of Tajikistan Peaks
;Pamir-Alay
* Pamir Mountains
** Academy of Sciences Range
*** Ismoil Somoni Peak
*** Peak Korzhenevskaya (Ozodi)
*** Mount Garmo
** Rushan Range
*** Patkhor Peak
** Shakhdara Range
*** Mayakovskiy Peak
*** Karl Marx Peak
** Trans-Ala ...
*
List of elevation extremes by country
The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gr ...
References
External links
*
Central Asia Mountain Climbing Central Asia Mountaineering Agency.
*
Initial Communication of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Geographic Situation and Climate, page 17
Mountains of Tajikistan
Mountains of Uzbekistan
Tajikistan–Uzbekistan border
International mountains of Asia
Highest points of countries
Four-thousanders of the Pamir
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