The Vanj Range ( tg, Қаторкӯҳи Ванҷ) is a
mountain range
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of
Vanj district tg, ناحیه ونج
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Gorno-Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two perce ...
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
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Geography
It lies to the south of the
Academy of Sciences Range
Academy of Sciences Range (russian: Хребет Академии Наук, ''Khrebet Akademiy Nauk;'' tg, Qatorkuhi Akademiyai Fanho) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs of Tajikistan. It is stretched in a north-south direction and conside ...
, between the
Darvaz Range
The Darvaz Range or Darvoz Range ( tg, пуштаи Дарвоз) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs, in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. Its name derives from the historical region of Darvaz. ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia''
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to the north and the
Yazgulem Range
Yazgulem Range ( tg, Пули Язгулем) is a mountain range of the western Pamir Mountains.
It is located in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province stretches for about 170 km between the Yazgulyam River and the Bartang River
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to the south. Running parallel to them, it separates the valleys of the
Vanj River
The Vanj ( tg, Ванҷ, russian: Ванч ''Vanch'') is a river in east Tajikistan. It is a right tributary of the Panj (river), Panj in Vanj District, north-western Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Gorno-Badakhshan. The river is long and has ...
and the
Yazgulyam River.
[''Ванчский хребет'' в Большой энциклопедии Кирилла и Мефодия] The total
glaciated
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area of the range is 164 km
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[''Ванчский хребет''](_blank)
- article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
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Peaks
Its highest summit is glacier-covered
High Yazgulem Peak (5,588 m). Other peaks are
Vanchek Peak (5,428 m),
Hauck Peak (5,092 m),
Kuh-i Rau (4,964 m),
Sokolov Peak (4,808 m) and
Ku-i Zoh (4,664 m).
See also
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List of mountains in Tajikistan
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List of mountains of Uzbekistan
References
{{Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
Mountain ranges of Tajikistan
Pamir Mountains