Terskey Alatoo

Teskey Alatoo
Teskey Alatoo
Terskey Alatau
	Teskey Alatoo range seen from across Issyk Kul
Highest point
Peak	Karakol Peak
Elevation	5,216 m (17,113 ft)
Coordinates	42°10′N 78°28′E / 42.167°N 78.467°E
Dimensions
Length	354 km (220 mi) E-W
Width	40 km (25 mi) N-S
Naming
Native name	Тескей Алатоо (Kyrgyz)
Geography
	Teskey Alatoo
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Region	Issyk-Kul Region

The Teskey Alatoo (Kyrgyz: Тескей Алатоо, IPA: [tʰĕskéɪ̯ ɑ̀ɫɑtʰóː]),^[1] often still known by its Russian name Terskey Alatau (Терскей-Алатау),^[2] is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from the river Joon-Aryk near Kochkor in the west to the far northeastern part of Kyrgyzstan. The length of the range is 354 km and its width is 40 km. Its highest peak is Karakol Peak (5,216 m).^[1]^[3] Another high peak is Boris Yeltsin Peak (5,168 m).

Geology

Teskey Alatoo is composed of granites and granodiorites of Caledonian, and granites, metamorphic schists, quartzites, sandstones, and limestones of Paleozoic.

Broken Heart Rock, in the Jeti-Ögüz Valley in the Teskey Alatoo

^ ^a ^b "Тескей Алатоо" [Teskey Alatoo] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. pp. 71–72.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Терскей-Алатау in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian) – via Great Scientific Library
^ Иссык-Куль.Нарын:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblast] (in Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Encyclopedia. 1991. p. 512. ISBN 5-89750-009-6.