- Shakhdara Range
Shakhdara Range ( _ru. Шахдаринский хребет) lies in the extreme south-western
Pamir in Tajikistan'sGorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province . Runs roughly in the east-west direction between Shakhdara River to the north andPanj on the border withAfghanistan to the south, rising towardMayakovskiy Peak (6,096 m) in the west andKarl Marx Peak (6,726 m) in the east. Takes its name (in both English and Russian) from the Shakhdara River, and is sometimes erroneously called Shakhdarin Range (or Shakhdarin Mountains), a corruption of the Russian name.
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