Mayakovsky Peak (Russian: Пик Маяковского) is a peak in Pamir Mountains.

Mayakovsky Peak
Пик Маяковского
Mayakovsky Peak is located in Tajikistan
Mayakovsky Peak
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Elevation6,096 m (20,000 ft)
Coordinates37°1′21″N 71°42′53″E / 37.02250°N 71.71472°E / 37.02250; 71.71472
Geography
LocationIshkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Parent rangeIshkoshim Range (Pamirs)
Climbing
First ascent1947 by Soviet alpinists led by V. Budenov
Easiest routerock / snow / ice climb

It is located in the extreme south-west corner of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province (Ishkoshim District), where the north–south Ishkoshim Range joins the east–west Shakhdara Range. Elevation 6,096 m. Discovered in the early 1930s by Soviet explorer Pavel Luknitsky, who gave it a figurative name, Three-Headed Peak.[1] After the first ascent by Soviet alpinists in 1947, the peak was renamed in honor of the Soviet Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930).[2] The 1947 Soviet expedition was led by V. Budenov.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ Explorations in South-Western Pamir since 1930
  2. ^ Big Soviet Encyclopedia, on-line edition, in Russian
  3. ^ Michal Kleslo. "Mayakovsky (6,096m), South Face, Czech Route". American Alpine Journal, 2012, vol. 54.
  4. ^ Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev. "Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs" (PDF 4,6 MB). Alpine Journal, 1996, 122–130.