Pamir Mountains

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Pamir Mountains
Pamir Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Kongur Tagh
Elevation	7,649 m (25,095 ft)
Coordinates	38°35′39″N 75°18′48″E / 38.59417°N 75.31333°E / 38.59417; 75.31333
Geography
Countries	Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan China[A] Pakistan
States/Provinces	Gorno-Badakhshan Osh Region Wakhan Chitral Gilgit Baltistan Xinjiang[B]
Range coordinates	38°30′N 73°30′E / 38.5°N 73.5°E / 38.5; 73.5

The Pamir Mountains are a range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains.

Much of the Pamir Mountains lie in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.^[1] Spanning the border parts of four countries,^[2] to the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province, Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Pakistan. To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan. To the east, they extend to the range that includes China's Kongur Tagh, in the "Eastern Pamirs",^[3] separated by the Yarkand valley from the Kunlun Mountains.

PAMIR

AMU DARYA

HELMAND

HINDU KUSH

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Pamir as seen from the map, as well as the Amu Darya river which rises from the Pamir Mountains north of the Hindu Kush and the Helmand River which is the longest river in the entire country of Afghanistan.

Since the Victorian era, they have been known as the "Roof of the World", presumably a translation from Persian.^[4]

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