Pamir Mountains

Pamir Mountains
Pamir Mountains
	Pamir Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Kongur Tagh
Elevation	7,649 m (25,095 ft)
Coordinates	38°35′39″N 75°18′48″E
Geography
Countries	Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China
States/Provinces	Gorno-Badakhshan, Osh Region, Wakhan, Chitral & Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang
Range coordinates	38.5°N 73.5°E

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains.

Much of the Pamir Mountains lie in the Gorno-Badakhshan Province of Tajikistan. To the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan Province, Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan. To the east, they extend to the range that includes China's Kongur Tagh, in the "Eastern Pamirs", separated by the Yarkand valley from the Kunlun Mountains.

Pamir as see from the map, as well as the Amu Darya river which rises from the Pamir mountains north of the Hindu Kush.

Since Victorian times, they have been known as the "Roof of the World", presumably a translation from Persian.

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