Terskey Alatoo
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| Teskey Alatoo | |
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| Terskey Alatau | |
| File:E8269-Tamchy-skyline.jpg Teskey Alatoo range seen from across Issyk Kul | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Karakol Peak |
| Elevation | 5,216 m (17,113 ft) |
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 354 km (220 mi) E-W |
| Width | 40 km (25 mi) N-S |
| Naming | |
| Native name | Тескей Алатоо (Kyrgyz) |
| Geography | |
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| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Issyk-Kul Region |
The Teskey Alatoo or Teskei Ala-Too (Kyrgyz: Тескей Ала-Тоо,[1] IPA: [tʰeskʰéɪ ɑɫɑtʰóː]), often still known by its Russian name Terskey Alatau (Терскей-Алатау),[2] is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from the river Joon-Aryk near Kochkor in the west to the far northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan. The length of the range is 354 km and its width is 40 km. Its highest peak is Karakol Peak (5,216 m).[1][3] Another high peak is Boris Yeltsin Peak (5,168 m).
Geology
[edit | edit source]Teskey Alatoo is composed of granites and granodiorites of Caledonian, and granites, metamorphic schists, quartzites, sandstones, and limestones of Paleozoic.
References
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- ^ Терскей-Алатау in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
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