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Nicholas Range (Pamir Mountains)

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198: 255: 185:"Enclosure No. 8. No. 179, dated Lake Victoria, the 28th July 1895 (Confidential). From Major-General M. G. Gerard, C. B. To the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department." Record Office. Russia. Proceedings in Central Asia 1873-1898. PRO/FO 65/1506. pp. 336-337. 66:
The range has peaks that rise 5500 to 5800 metres (18,000 to 19,000 ft) elevation. The range is about 160 kilometres (100 mi) in length. The Afghan-Tajik border follows the crest of the eastern half of the range.
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Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Kashmir, Chitral, Gilgit, Pamirs and North-West Frontier: Summary of Diary for August 1895. p. 4. Public Record Office. Russia.Proceedings in Central Asia 1873-1898. F.O. 65/1507.
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and Afghan territory. In exchange for a British agreement to use the term
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Persian
Pamir Mountains
Afghanistan
Tajikistan
Wakhan
Little Pamir
Great Pamir
Wakhi
Kyrgyz
Russo
British
Pamir Boundary Commission
Russian
Nicholas II of Russia
Lake Zorkul
Queen Victoria
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Ludwig W. Adamec
Graz
Wakhan Afghanistan and Tajikistan
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