Tours in mountains of the Naryn region.

"A man knows himself only to the extent that he knows the world."

M. Goethe.

Mountains of Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan.

The Djangi-Jer ridge is located north of the Kokshaal-Too ridge, dividing the valleys of the Atbashi and Aksai rivers in the Naryn region. On the ridge Dzhangiger 164 glaciers with an area of ​​59.8 square kilometers. Glaciation is more intense in the eastern part of the ridge, whose height is 4500 - 4700 meters above sea level.
Hanging glaciers predominate. The largest glacier with a length of 4 km and an area of ​​4.5 square kilometers lies in the upper reaches of the Jaldzhir River. The average height of the ends of the glaciers is 4000 meters above sea level.

Authority:
"Glaciers." L.D. Dolgushin, G.B. Osipova. Series "Nature of the world." Moscow, the publishing house "Thought". 1989.

Photos by
Alexander Petrov.