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Jengish Chokusu

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to the glaciers which flow from it into three alpine valleys in Kyrgyzstan on the north, all eventually running to the Engilchek Glacier, the largest in the Tian Shan. Its main summit is usually approached from the Zvozdochka (Russian for "little star") glacier, which is coloured red with rocks from
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Tajikistan's Fedchenko Glacier is 77 km long, and the Karakoram's Siachen and Biafo Glaciers are 70 and 67 km long respectively. Measurements are from recent imagery, with Russian 1:200,000 scale topographic mapping for reference as well as the 1990 ‘’Orographic Sketch Map: Karakoram: Sheets 1
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The South Engilchek Glacier and its side glaciers occupy the entire north side of Peak Jengish Chokusu. This glacier, currently 60.5 kilometres (37.6 mi) long, is the sixth longest outside of the world's polar regions.
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A Chinese expedition climbed the peak from the Chinese side in 1977: the expedition book makes no mention of the Russian first ascent and gives the impression that the Chinese ascent was the first climb.
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claimed to have climbed the highest peak in the area, the summit being reached on 19 September by L. Gutman, E. Ivanov and A. Sidorenko. They measured the altitude as 6,900 metres, and named the peak
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A large-scale attempt on the peak in 1955 was disastrous, when 11 of the 12 expedition members were killed in a blizzard. Jengish Chokusu's first indisputably verified ascent was in 1956 by
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Jengish Chokusu is a massif, with several summits along its lengthy ridge. Only its main summit breaks 7,000 metres (22,966 ft). It is 16 km (9.9 mi) southwest of
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A Soviet expedition mounted in 1938 to mark the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Youth movement
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A survey by another team in 1943 found the peak to be 7,439 metres high. The peak was renamed as
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Jengish Chokusu is the highest mountain in Kyrgyzstan and Earth's highest mountain north of
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was believed to be the highest peak in the range until Jengish Chokusu's survey in 1943.
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Administratively, the Kyrgyzstan side of the mountain is in the
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Although Jengish Chokusu is over 400 metres higher,
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Jengish Chokusu (Pobeda Peak) on a Kyrgyzstan stamp
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Pik Pobedy
Peak Pobeda, Sakha

Kyrgyzstan
Elevation
Ranked 60th
Prominence
Ranked 16th
Listing
Country high point
Ultra
Coordinates
42°02′15″N 80°07′30″E / 42.03750°N 80.12500°E / 42.03750; 80.12500
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyz
Jengish Chokusu is located in Southern Xinjiang
Ak-Suu
Issyk-Kul
Wensu County
Xinjiang
Jengish Chokusu is located in Kyrgyzstan
Parent range
Kakshaal Too
Tian Shan
First ascent
Vitaly Abalakov
Easiest route
mountain
Tian Shan
Central Asia

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