Pik Pobedy (English spelling)

Japanese: ポベダ[峰]（英語表記）Pik Pobedy

A high peak in the Tianshan Mountains, located in Central Asia, on the eastern edge of Kyrgyzstan and the border with China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Pobeda means "Victory". It is 7,435m above sea level. It stands near the junction of the eastern part of the Tianshan's main range, Koksyaltau, and the Meridionarny Range, which runs from north to south. A long glacier runs along its shoulders. Mount Khan Tengri (6,995m) also rises 20km to the north, across a valley covered with glaciers. When it was surveyed by a Soviet land survey team in 1943 during World War II, it was found to be unexpectedly high at 7,439m, and since the war situation was beginning to improve at that time, it was named "Victory Peak."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中央アジア，キルギスタンの東端，中国の新疆ウイグル自治区との国境にある天山山脈中の高峰。ポベダは〈勝利〉の意。標高7435m。天山山脈の主要山脈コクシャアル･タウの東部と北から南へ走るメリディオナリヌイ山脈の接合点近くにそびえ，山肩には長大な氷河をかける。ハン･テングリ山(6995m)もこの氷河のかかる谷をへだてて北20kmに相対してそびえる。第2次世界大戦中の1943年，ソ連の陸地測量隊によって測量された際，7439mと意外な高峰であることが判明し，折から戦局が好転し始めていたので，〈勝利峰〉と命名された。

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