Yazgulem Range

Yazgulem Range
Язгулемский хребет
Yazgulem Range Язгулемский хребет is located in Tajikistan
Yazgulem Range Язгулемский хребет
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
PeakIndependence Peak (Qullai Istiqlol)
Elevation6,974 m (22,881 ft)
Coordinates38°30′36″N 72°21′15″E / 38.5100°N 72.3542°E / 38.5100; 72.3542
Naming
Native nameҚаторкӯҳи Язғулом (Tajik)
Geography
CountryTajikistan
Parent rangePamir Mountains
Geology
Rock type(s)shale, sandstone, limestone and granite

Yazgulem Range[a] is a mountain range of the western Pamir Mountains.[1]

It is located in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province stretches for about 170 km between the Yazgulyam River and the Bartang River in the western Pamirs. The range rises in a north-eastern direction from the border with Afghanistan toward its highest elevation at Independence Peak (6,974 m). The average elevation ranges between 4,500 and 6,000 m. Glaciers cover about 630 km2 of the range, including the Fedchenko Glacier stretching northwards.


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