Peter I Range

Peter I Range Хребет Петра I
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Peak	Moscow Peak
Elevation	6,785 m (22,260 ft)
Coordinates	39°0′N 71°30′E / 39.000°N 71.500°E / 39.000; 71.500Coordinates: 39°0′N 71°30′E / 39.000°N 71.500°E / 39.000; 71.500
Dimensions
Length	200 km (120 mi) E/W
Width	40 km (25 mi) N/S
Geography
Country	Tajikistan
Parent range	Pamir Mountains
Geology
Age of rock	Mesozoic/Cenozoic
Type of rock	Sandstone and conglomerate

Peter I Range, Peter the First Range^[1] or Peter the Great Range (Russian: Хребет Петра I or Хребет Петра Первого) is a mountain range in Tajikistan, part of the Pamir Mountain System. The range takes its name from Peter the Great (1672 – 1725).

Geography[]

Peter I Range is located in the south-east of Jirgatol district in Tajikistan's Region of Republican Subordination. It forms a westerly extension of the northern Pamirs, separating the watersheds of the in the north and the river in the south. The range stretches in a roughly east–west direction for about 200 km, connecting with the Academy of Sciences Range at its eastern end.^[2]

Peaks[]

Its highest summit is Moscow Peak (6,785 m). Other peaks are (6,507 m), (6,446 m), (6,389 m), (6,372 m), (6,189 m), and the ultra-prominent Agasis Peak (5,877 m).^[3]

See also[]

• List of mountains in Tajikistan

References[]

External links[]

• Shear-wave polarizations in the Peter the First Range indicating crack-induced anisotropy in a thrust-fault regime^{[dead link]}

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