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{{Short description|Mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Trans-Alay Range
| native_name = 
| other_name = {{langx|tg|қаторкӯҳи Паси Олой}}<br>{{langx|ky|Чоң Алай кырка тоосу}}<br>{{langx|ru|Заалайский хребет}}
| etymology = 
| photo = Alai Valley 1.jpg
| photo_caption = Trans-Alay Range and Alay Valley
| photo_size = 250
| country = [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]]
| state = 
| region = [[Osh Province]], [[Gorno-Badakshan]]
| district = 
| border = 
| highest = [[Lenin Peak|Ibn Sina/Lenin Peak]]
| elevation_m = 7134
| range_coordinates = 
| length_km = 250
| length_orientation = E-W
| width_km = 40
| width_orientation = N-S
| area_km2 = 
| geology = [[Limestone]] and [[schist]]
| orogeny = 
| period = [[Paleozoic]] and [[Mesozoic]]
| coordinates = {{coord|39.3333|N|72.9167|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map = Tajikistan
| map_caption = Location in Tajikistan
| label_position = none
| language = en
}}

The '''Trans-Alay''' or '''Trans-Alai Range''' ({{langx|ky|Чоң Алай кырка тоосу}}, {{translit|ky|Chong Alay kyrka toosu}}; {{langx|tg|қаторкӯҳи Паси Олой}}, {{translit|tg|qatorkŭhi Pasi Oloy}}, or {{lang|tg|қаторкӯҳи Каюмарс}}, {{lang|tg|qatorkŭhi Kayumars}}; {{langx|ru|Заалайский хребет}}, {{translit|ru|Zaalaisky Khrebet}}) is the northernmost range of the [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir Mountain System]]. Following the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union (1985-1991)|collapse]] of the [[Soviet Union]], the range has been divided between [[Tajikistan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]].

==Geography==
The Trans-Alay is located in the area where the Pamirs and the [[Tian Shan]] come together. This heavily glaciated range forms the border between the [[Gorno-Badakshan]] region in [[Tajikistan]] and the [[Osh Region]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], stretching eastwards until the border with [[China]]. The name was from the viewpoint of Russian explorers in the region: The [[Alay Range]] lies to the north of the [[Alay Valley]], formed by the [[Kyzyl-Suu]] or upper [[Vakhsh River]], one of the principal tributaries of the [[Amu Darya]]. The range on the far side of the valley, more distant from Russia and its outposts, became known as the Trans-Alay. The southern valley dividing the Trans-Alay from the Pamir proper is that of the river [[Muksu]].<ref name="encyc"/>

===Peaks===
The highest peak in the range is the 7134 m high [[Lenin Peak|Ibn Sina/Lenin Peak]].<ref>[http://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1996_files/AJ%201996%20122-130%20Gippenreiter%20USSR.pdf Yevgeniy Gippenreiter, Vladimir Shataev, ''Six and Seventhousanders of the Tien Shan and the Pamirs,'' in: Alpine Journal 1996]</ref> 
The [[Kyzylart]] and [[Ters-Agar]] [[mountain pass]]es geographically divide the range into three parts: the western —highest peak {{Interlanguage link multi|Sat Peak|de|3=Pik Sat}} (5,900 m), the central —with some of the highest summits, including Lenin Peak, {{Interlanguage link multi|Dzerzhinsky Peak|de|3=Pik Dserschinski}} (6717 m), {{Interlanguage link multi|Oktyabrsy Peak|de|3=Pik Oktjabrski}} (6780 m), and [[Marshal Zhukov Peak]] (6842 m),<ref>{{cite peakware|id=2322|name=Pik Marshal Zhukov|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> and the eastern — highest peak [[Kurumdy I]] summit (6614 m).<ref name="encyc">{{cite book|script-title=ru:Ошская область:Энциклопедия|trans-title=Encyclopedia of Osh Oblast|publisher=Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia|language=ru|location=Frunze|year=1987|pages=448}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of mountains in Tajikistan]]

==References==
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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Kyrgyzstan]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Tajikistan]]
[[Category:Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border]]
[[Category:Pamir Mountains]]


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