Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina Peak is a mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir Mountains, in the Gorno-Badakhshan and Osh regions on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border. At 7,134 metres, it is the second
Lenin Peak from Sary-Mogol
As it is now, in consideration of an existing infrastructure and BC/ABC location, there are three most attractive routes from the North (as it is approximately indicated on the Scheme): Lipkin's rocks route and NE Ridge; North Face classical route; Razdelnaya route and NW Ridge
Jaan Künnap, a decorated Estonian mountaineer, at the top of Lenin Peak in 1989. This marked the first time an Estonian flag was flown at an altitude over 7,000 m.
Memorial to the victims of the avalanche of 1990
The Jengish Chokusu is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres. It lies on the China–Kyrgyzstan border between the Ak-Suu District in the Issyk-Kul Region
Lenin Peak
…Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border. At 7,134 metres (23,406 ft), it is the second-highest point of both countries (after Ismoil Somoni Peak in Tajikistan and Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyzstan) and the tallest mountain of the Trans-Alay Range. It is considered one of the least technical 7,000 m peaks in the world to climb and…
Jengish Chokusu, view from base camp on Engilchek Glacier, Kyrgyzstan
Jengish Chokusu (Pobeda Peak) on a Kyrgyzstan stamp'. (Note that the image of the peak is mirrored on the stamp.)
Peak seen in 1987. Photo by Jaan Künnap.