Sarikol Range
The Sarikol Range (; ; ) is a mountain range in the Pamirs on the border of Tajikistan and the People's Republic of China. The name Sarikol has also been used to describe the local people who are historically known as Sarikolis; the local Sarikoli language and Tashkurgan Town, which was historically known as Sarikol. Geography. The range divides Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and it runs parallel with the Muztagh Range to the east. The range extends from the Markansu River in the north to the Beyik Pass in the south . Its average elevation is roughly and the highest point in the range is Mount Lyavirdyr at . On the Tajik part of the range there are 240 glaciers with a total area of 144 km. The range's drainage basin feeds both the Amu Darya and Tarim River. The range is composed of schist, granite and gneiss.