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Mountains  North-East of the country, right in the heart of Tien-Shan, and the other in the extreme South-West where the Pamir thrusts up its mighty ranges. This zone is accessible only to experienced back-packers and mountaineers. For those who prefer living on the edge and who love difficult challenges, here - on the upper floors of the area - the choices are virtually inexhaustible. One of the largest glaciers on the world - the Inylchek glacier - is located here. It is about 60 kilometers long, and up to 450 meters wide. The glacier is more than 1,8 kilometers deep and the climatic conditions in different sections are quite varied. At the end of the glacier, the surface is covered with a veil of stones and earth, and here  Eidelweiss and Richteria Chamomile grow. Of considerable interest is the glacier lake of Merzbacher named after the outstanding German traveler who discovered it in 1903. It is four kilometers long, one kilometer wide, and from 40 to 80 meters deep. The lake spreads out in the upper areas of North Inylchek. Here one can observe a rare view characteristic of the Arctic regions of the World - huge chunks of ice that split from the glacier and form amazing iceberg shapes. Pobeda Peak is a world-renowned peak rising three and a half kilometers above the glaciers of Inylchek. The point of the peak is a The "top floor" of this Country of the Celestial Mountains rises up beyond seven thousand meters. It can be pictured as two towers of a complex architectural design; one tower located in the extreme razor-sharp edge of rock and ice, 2 kilometers long, with eaves of snow hanging all around it.  More than 200 climbers have reached this point.On the eastern rim of Kyrgyzstan, Khan-Tengri Peak is a snowy tapering pyramid of white and  pink marble. Khan-Tengri Peak is especially attractive in the twilight, a glowing ruby against the darkening blue sky. The Chinese call this peak, one of the world's most remarkable and beautiful mountains, the "Ruler of Ghosts" and "Master of the Sky". Local dwellers call it Kan-Too (Blood Mountain). The peak looks majestic and imposing even to the eye of seasoned mountaineers with enormous ice and snow masses menacingly suspended over 2-km high precipices. The peak was first conquered in 1931 by three mountaineers, led by M. Pogrebetzki.On the "top floor" of the Republic's Pamir highlands in the south is Lenin's Peak (7,134 m) in the middle of the "Beyond-Alai" range. The huge tip of this peak is a pyramid of irregular shape. On the side that faces the Alai valley, the peak is almost wholly clad in an armour of ice and the mountain sides are wrapped in snow. Next to it are located lower, but similarly shaped peaks. From this range of peaks, where "only the sky is higher", there opens out a view of the remarkable panorama of this mountainous land, where the green alpine valleys are pierced with yellow-red lines, tracing the course of rivers. Glaciers, full of crevices, terminate in gigantic icefalls.
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