List of Ultras of Central Asia

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This is a list of the Ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in Central Asia. The list is divided topographically rather than politically. There are 75 in total; 21 in the Pamirs, 1 in the Karakum, 5 in the Alays, 24 in the Tian Shan and 24 in the Altai and Mongolia.

Karakum Desert[]

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Gora Arlan  Turkmenistan 1,880 1,748 132

Pamir Mountains[]

Kongur Tagh, China
Ibn Sina (Lenin) Peak, Tajikistan
No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Kongur Tagh  China 7,649 3,585 4064
2 Ismoil Somoni Peak  Tajikistan 7,495 3,402 4093
3 Chakragil  China 6,760 2,934 3826
4 Ibn Sina Peak  Kyrgyzstan /  Tajikistan 7,134 2,790 4344
5 Muztagh Ata  China 7,509 2,698 4811
6 Karl Marx Peak  Tajikistan 6,723 2,693 4030
7 Independence Peak  Tajikistan 6,940 2,402 4538
8  Tajikistan 5,900 2,302 3598
9 Gora Kurumdy  Kyrgyzstan /  Tajikistan/  China 6,614 2,278 4336
10  Afghanistan 6,286 2,008 4278
11  Tajikistan 6,233 1,982 4251
12 Patkhor Peak  Tajikistan 6,083 1,963 4120
13  Tajikistan 5,735 1,940 3795
14  Tajikistan 4,573 1,686 2887
15  China 6,361 1,676 4685
16 Peak Korzhenevskaya  Tajikistan 7,105 1,650 5455
17  Tajikistan 5,877 1,597 4280
18 HP Petra Pervogo Range  Tajikistan 4,745 1,571 3174
19  Tajikistan 5,992 1,570 4422
20  Tajikistan 5,859 1,569 4290
21  Tajikistan 5,780 1,508 4272

Pamir-Alay[]

No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Chimtarga  Tajikistan 5,490 2,266 3224
2 Pik Skalisty  Kyrgyzstan 5,621 2,095 3526
3 Pik Tandykul  Tajikistan /  Kyrgyzstan 5,544 1,677 3867
4 Ayrybaba  Turkmenistan /  Uzbekistan 3,138 1,639 1498
5  Tajikistan 5,170 1,535 3635

Tian Shan[]

Pik Talgar, Kazakhstan
Khan Tengri, Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/China
No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Jengish Chokusu  Kyrgyzstan /  China 7,439 4,148 3291
2 Bogda Feng  China 5,445 4,122 1323
3 Sauyr Zhotasy  Kazakhstan /  China 3,840 3,252 588
4 Tomort  China 4,886 3,243 1643
5 Snow Lotus Peak  China 6,627 3,068 3559
6 Pik Talgar  Kazakhstan 4,979 2,982 1997
7  Kyrgyzstan 5,982 2,675 3307
8 HP  China 5,248 2,576 2672
9 Gora Alagordy  Kazakhstan /  China 4,622 2,480 2142
10  China 3,282 2,365 917
11 Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak  Kyrgyzstan 4,895 2,231 2664
12  China 4,300 2,083 2217
13  China 5,289 1,912 3377
14  China 6,588 1,888 4700
15  China 4,800 1,796 3004
16  China 5,324 1,737 3587
17  China 3,730 1,718 2012
18  Kyrgyzstan 4,428 1,708 2720
19  China 3,963 1,692 2271
20 Khan Tengri  Kazakhstan /  Kyrgyzstan 7,010 1,685 5310
21  Kazakhstan 2,993 1,679 1314
22  Kyrgyzstan 5,281 1,673 3608
23  Kyrgyzstan 2,875 1,529 1346
24  Tajikistan 3,770 1,502 2268

Altai region and Mongolia[]

Belukha Mountain, Kazakhstan/Russia
No Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Belukha Mountain  Kazakhstan /  Russia 4,506 3,343 1163
2 Jargalant Hairhan  Mongolia 3,796 2,353 1443
3 Khüiten Peak  China /  Mongolia 4,374 2,342 2023
4 Otgontenger  Mongolia 4,000 2,259 1741
5 Aj Bogd  Mongolia 3,802 2,132 1670
6 Dunheger  China /  Mongolia 3,315 2,075 1240
7 Ikh Bogd  Mongolia 3,957 1,979 1978
8 Mönkh Hairhan  Mongolia 4,231 1,860 2371
9 Harhiraa  Mongolia 4,040 1,808 2232
10 Maasheybash  Russia 4,177 1,806 2371
11 Sutai  Mongolia 4,220 1,787 2433
12 Tsambagarav  Mongolia 4,193 1,757 2436
13 Hasagt Hairhan  Mongolia 3,578 1,749 1829
14 Baga Bogd  Mongolia 3,600 1,725 1875
15  Mongolia 3,350 1,687 1663
16 Gora Mungun-Tayga  Russia 3,970 1,685 2285
17  Mongolia 3,470 1,664 1806
18 Türgen  Mongolia 4,029 1,594 2435
19 Mönkh Saridag  Russia /  Mongolia 3,491 1,578 1913
20  China 3,085 1,560 1525
21 Baatar Khairkhan  Mongolia 3,984 1,541 2443
22 Pik Grandioznyy  Russia 2,891 1,529 1362
23  Mongolia 2,825 1,526 1299
24 HP  Mongolia 2,522 1,509 1013

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