Mayakovsky Peak

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

Mayakovsky Peak
Пик Маяковского
Location in Tajikistan
Highest point
Elevation	6,096 m (20,000 ft)
Coordinates	37°1′21″N 71°42′53″E
Geography
Location	Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Parent range	Ishkoshim Range (Pamirs)
Climbing
First ascent	1947 by Soviet alpinists led by V. Budenov
Easiest route	rock / 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]

See also

• List of mountains of Tajikistan