Peak Korzhenevskaya
| Korzhenevskaya Peak | |
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| Пик Корженевской | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,105 m (23,310 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,650 m (5,410 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 39°03′27″N 72°00′30″E / 39.05750°N 72.00833°ECoordinates: 39°03′27″N 72°00′30″E / 39.05750°N 72.00833°E |
| Geography | |
 Korzhenevskaya
Location in Tajikistan
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| Location | GBAO, Tajikistan |
| Parent range | Academy of Sciences Range (Pamirs) |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1953 by A. Ugarov et al. |
| Easiest route | rock/snow/ice climb |
Korzhenevskaya Peak is the third highest peak in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan. It is one of the five "Snow Leopard Peaks" in the territory of the former Soviet Union. It is named after Evgenia Korzhenevskaya, the wife of Russian geographer Nikolai L. Korzhenevskiy, who discovered the peak in August 1910.
Due to transliteration and declension issues the peak's name is rendered in many different ways, including Korzhenevski, Korzhenevskoi, and Korzhenievsky.
Peak Korzhenevskaya lies about 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Ismoil Somoni Peak (formerly Communism Peak), the highest point of the Pamirs. It forms the end of the northwest fork of the Academy of Sciences Range, the north-south trending subrange which forms the core of the Pamirs. It rises on the south bank of the Muksu River, and to the west of the peak is the Fortambek Glacier. While most of the Academy of Sciences Range is in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (GBAO), Korzhenevskaya is located a little to the west of the GBAO line, in Jirgatol district (Region of Republican Subordination).
Korzhenevskaya is one of the five 7,000 m peaks of the former Soviet Union (this counts Khan Tengri, which is more often given as 6,995 m) that were required for a climber to be awarded the Snow Leopard award, the highest honor given to Soviet mountaineers. It is usually said to be the second easiest of these peaks to climb, after Lenin Peak. However it is not a small mountain; its rise above local terrain rivals that of Ismoil Somoni Peak, since it is closer to the deep valley of the Muksu River.
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