Pamir Mountains
| Pamir Mountains | |
|---|---|
Pamir Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Kongur Tagh |
| Elevation | 7,649 m (25,095 ft) |
| Coordinates | 38°35′39″N 75°18′48″E / 38.59417°N 75.31333°E |
| Geography | |
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| Range coordinates | 38°30′N 73°30′E / 38.5°N 73.5°E |
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The Pamir Mountains are a range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains.
Much of the Pamir Mountains lie in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan. Spanning the border parts of four countries, to the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province, Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Pakistan. To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan. To the east, they extend to the range that includes China's Kongur Tagh, in the "Eastern Pamirs", separated by the Yarkand valley from the Kunlun Mountains.
Since the Victorian era, they have been known as the "Roof of the World", presumably a translation from Persian.