Darvoz Range | |
Other Name: | Darvaz Range |
Country: | Tajikistan |
Region Type: | Region |
Region: | Gorno-Badakhshan |
Parent: | Pamir Mountains |
Geology: | Granite and metamorphic schist |
Period: | Paleozoic |
Highest: | Arnavad Peak |
Elevation M: | 6083 |
Length Km: | 200 |
Length Orientation: | NE/SW |
Width Km: | 50 |
Width Orientation: | NW/SE |
Coordinates: | 38.5667°N 71.5167°W |
Map: | Tajikistan |
Label Position: | none |
The Darvoz Range or Darvaz Range (Tajik: Қаторкӯҳи Дарвоз, Russian: Дарва́зский хребе́т) is a mountain range in the Western Pamirs, in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan. Its name derives from the historical region of Darvaz.[1]
Starting near the Academy of Sciences Range by Mount Garmo, it stretches roughly southwestwards between the Vanj River and Panj River (following the flows of the two), and the, a left tributary of the Vakhsh River. The Vanj River separates it from the Vanj Range. Roughly 750 km2 of the mountain chain are glaciated.[1]
The highest summit of the range is Arnavad Peak (Qullai Arnavad), a 6083 m high ultra-prominent peak.[2] [3]