Mayakovsky Peak | |
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Пик Маяковского | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,096 m (20,000 ft) |
Prominence | 1,154 metres (3,786 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°10′N 71°40′E / 37.167°N 71.667°ECoordinates: 37°10′N 71°40′E / 37.167°N 71.667°E |
Geography | |
Location | Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan |
Parent range | Ishkoshim Range (Pamirs) |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1947 by Soviet alpinists led by V. Budenov |
Easiest route | rock / snow / ice climb |
Mayakovsky Peak (Russian: Пик Маяковского) is a peak in Pamir Mountains.
It is located in the extreme south-west corner of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (Ishkoshim District), where the north-south Ishkoshim Range joins the east-west Shakhdara Range. Elevation 6,096 m. Discovered in the early 1930s by Soviet explorer Pavel Luknitsky, who gave it a figurative name, Three-Headed Peak. After the first ascent by Soviet alpinists in 1947, the peak was renamed in honor of the Soviet Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). The 1947 Soviet expedition was led by V. Budenov.