Rushan Range
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Rushan Range is a mountain range
in south-western Pamir
in Tajikistan
, trending in the south-westerly direction from Sarez Lake
toward Khorog
, between Gunt River to the south and Bartang River to the north. About 120 km long, reaching its highest elevation of 6,803 m at Patkhor Peak
(also Patkhur). Rushan Range on the pushpin map is represented by the coordinates of Patkhor Peak.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
in south-western Pamir
Pamir
Pamir may refer to:* a pamir, a U-shaped grassy valley in the Pamir Mountains**Great Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan**Little Pamir, a high valley in the Wakhan, Afghanistan...
in Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, trending in the south-westerly direction from Sarez Lake
Sarez Lake
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toward Khorog
Khorog
The town of Khorugh , also transliterated as Khoroq, Khorogh, Khorog, or Xoroq) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in Tajikistan. It is also the capital of the Shughnon District of Gorno-Badakhshan. It has a population of 28,000...
, between Gunt River to the south and Bartang River to the north. About 120 km long, reaching its highest elevation of 6,803 m at Patkhor Peak
Patkhor Peak
Patkhor Peak is a mountain in Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. At it is the highest point in the Rushan Range, a subrange of the Pamir Mountains.-References:...
(also Patkhur). Rushan Range on the pushpin map is represented by the coordinates of Patkhor Peak.