Nuratau Mountains

Nuratau Mountains
Nuratau mountains and the Sentob valley
Highest point
Elevation	2,169 m (7,116 ft)
Coordinates	40°30′00.0″N 66°42′00.0″E / 40.500000°N 66.700000°E / 40.500000; 66.700000
Naming
Native name	Нуратау (Russian) Nurota togʻlari (Uzbek)
Geography
Location in Uzbekistan
Location	Uzbekistan

The Nuratau Mountains (Uzbek: Nurota tog'lari, Russian: Нурата́у or Нурати́нский хребе́т) is a mountain range located in Uzbekistan and constitutes one of the western buttresses of the Gissar Range. It borders Aydar Lake to the north, the town of Nurata to the west, the Kyzylkum Desert to the south, and the Sanzar river to the east. Stretching over 170 km in east–west direction it culminates in the 2169 m Mount Zargar.^[1]