- Ibn Sina Peak
Infobox Mountain
Name = Lenin Peak
Photo = Lenin.Peak.Irkeshtam.jpg
Caption = Lenin Peak from the trail Irkeshtam–Sary Tash (Tajikistan)
Elevation = convert|7134|m|ft|0
Location =Tajikistan -Kyrgyzstan
Range =Trans-Alay Range (Pamirs)
Prominence = convert|2790|m|ft|0
Coordinates = coord|39|20|33|N|72|52|39|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title
Topographic
First ascent = 1928 by Karl Wien, Eugene Allwein and Erwin Schneider (Germany )
Easiest route = rock/snow/ice climb
Listing = UltraIbn Sina Peak, formerly Lenin Peak ( _ru. Пик Ленина, _tg. Qullai Lenin; renamed Ibn Sina Peak in July 2006 [http://www.president.tj/qaror04_297htm.htm Government Resolution No. 297, July 4, 2006, Dushanbe] (Tajik); for Russian text [http://www.president.tj/rus/novostee_050706a.htm see] .] ), rises to 7,134 m in
Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO ) on the border ofTajikistan andKyrgyzstan , and is the second-highest point of both countries. Ibn Sina is the highest mountain in theTrans-Alay Range ofCentral Asia , and in thePamir Mountains it is exceeded only byIsmail Samani Peak (7,495 m). It was thought to be the highest point in the Pamirs until 1933, whenIsmail Samani Peak (known as "Stalin Peak" at the time) was climbed and found to be more than 300 metres higher (7,495 m).Names
The peak was discovered in 1871 and originally named Mount Kaufmann after
Konstantin Kaufman , the first Governor-General ofTurkestan . In 1928 the mountain was renamed after theRussia n revolutionary and first leader of theSoviet Union ,Vladimir Lenin . The peak was renamed again in July 2006, and today it is officially called in Tajik "Qullai Abuali ibni Sino" (қуллаи Абӯалӣ ибни Сино) afterAbu Ali ibn Sina , or in English Ibn Sina Peak (alternatively, Avicenna Peak ). Despite the official renaming, Lenin Peak remains common English usage.Some sources give Achiktash as the Kyrgyz name for this 7,134 m mountain on the border with Tajikistan, [ [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/StansP1500m.html Central Asian ultra-prominence peaks on peaklist.org] ] [ [http://www.welcometo.kg/en/Tourism/section41/section288/3250.html Achiktash: a tourist attraction] ] but it seems that Achiktash, or more properly Achik-Tash, is the name of a plateau and a base camp at an altitude of 3,600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern Kyrgyz city of
Osh , a day's drive north of the border. [ [http://kyrgyzstan-tourism.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=114 Achik-Tash camp in Kyrgyzstan on the way to Lenin Peak] ru icon] [ [http://www.basecampkg.com/ View of Lenin Peak from Achik-Tash] ]Climbing history and routes
The peak was first climbed in 1928 by
Karl Wien ,Eugene Allwein andErwin Schneider , members of a German expedition.There are 16 established routes, nine on the southern side and seven on the northern slopes. The peak is quite popular with climbers due to its easy access and some uncomplicated routes. However, the peak is not without its share of disasters. In 1974, an entire team of eight climbers died high on the mountain in a storm. An
avalanche triggered by anearthquake killed 43 climbers in 1990 [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFD7143BF93BA25754C0A966958260 Avalanche Kills 40 Climbers in Soviet Central Asia] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150355/pik-lenin.html Lenin Peak on summitpost] .
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