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Communism Peak, Lenin Peak, Lake Karakul, Northern Pamirs

View looking south shows the Zaalayskiy Mountains of the northern Pamirs of south central Kazakhstan. Great alluvial fans can be seen (left center) in the Syr' Dar'ya River Valley. Visible in the view is Lake Karakul (1). Lenin Peak (2) at over 7100 meters can also be seen. The highest point in Kazakhstan, Communism Peak (3), at 7495 meters, with its glaciers traversing down its slopes into narrow U-shaped valleys, are also visible. The Pamirs, known to local inhabitants as the "Roof of the World", was formerly a low plain. Uplifted, the Pamirs took on their present shape because of glaciation and river erosion. During the recent glaciation, only the highest peaks, like Lenin and Communism Peaks, protruded above the then ice-covered landscape. (STS51F-35-070,076)

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