Khandūd, Afghanistan
Karl Marx Peak
Karl Marx Peak rises to 6,723 m in the Shakhdara Range in Pamir Mountains, in the south-west of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, just north of the Panj River and the Afghanistan border. It was named after the German philosopher Karl Marx whose theories were the basis of communism and socialism. The highest summit in the Shakhdara Range, it was discovered and named in 1937 by Soviet geologist and explorer of South-West Pamir Sergey Klunnikov.
- City
- Khandūd
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Category
- Nature
- Suggested visit
- About 150 minutes
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