Peak Lenin

Peak Lenin rises on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir Mountains, reaching an elevation of about 7,134 meters. It is one of five peaks above 7,000 meters within the territory of the former Soviet Union, collectively known as the Snow Leopard peaks, uplifted along with the rest of the Pamir range by the ongoing collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The mountain was named for Vladimir Lenin, and it is often regarded as one of the more approachable 7,000-meter peaks in the world for mountaineers by its standard route, despite its scale and considerable objective hazards such as avalanches, which caused one of mountaineering's deadliest disasters in 1990. This entity documents Peak Lenin specifically as a geological formation, a Pamir summit above 7,000 meters raised by the India-Eurasia tectonic collision.