Extreme points of Afghanistan

This is a list of the extreme points of Afghanistan.

East

Highest

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Extreme points of Afghanistan (approximate)

Cardinal directions

Heading	Location	Administrative entity	Bordering entity/entities	Coordinates^{[note 1]}
North	in the Panj River on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border	Maimay District (formerly part of Darwaz District), Badakhshan Province,^[1] Afghanistan	Darvoz District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan	38°29′27″N 70°59′21″E / 38.49091037795163°N 70.98910900954883°E
South	on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border	Afghanistan	Pakistan	29°22′37″N 64°06′54″E / 29.377053840714115°N 64.11498849911357°E
East	Afghanistan-China-Tajikistan tripoint on Povalo-Shveikovskogo Peak^[2]^[3] (Chinese: 波万洛什维科夫斯基峰^[4]; pinyin: Bōwànluò Shíwéikēfūsījī Fēng) / Kokrash Kol Peak (Kekelaqukaole Peak; Chinese: 克克拉去考勒峰^[5]; pinyin: Kèkèlāqùkǎolè Fēng)^[6]	Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan	Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China and Murghob District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan	37°14′07″N 74°53′25″E / 37.23531938299142°N 74.89018923839505°E
West	on the Afghanistan-Iran border	Afghanistan	Iran	33°07′47″N 60°34′56″E / 33.12961099465783°N 60.582111332020865°E

Elevation

Noshaq (7492 m above sea level) is the highest point in Afghanistan.^[7]

Lowest point in Afghanistan (about 255 m above sea level): The area in the northern end of Khamyab District where the Amu Darya^[7] flows into Turkmenistan.

Notes

^ Coordinates obtained from Google Earth. Google Earth makes use of the WGS84 geodetic reference system.

References

^ "KABUL TO BADAKHSHAN IN 12 HOURS OR LESS". United States Agency for International Development. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020. A bus trip between Kabul and Fayzabad in Badakhshan, Afghanistan's northernmost province, used to take at least two days.
^ Kamoludin Abdullaev (2018). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan (3 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 9781538102527 – via Google Books. CHINA-TAJIK BORDER.{...}This mountainous boundary runs along the Sarikol mountain range in eastern Tajikistan, reaching in Pamir the Afghan border at the Povalo-Shveikovskogo peak (5,543 meters above sea level).
^ "NJ 43 Su-fu [U.S.S.R., China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, State of Jammu and Kashmir] Series 1301, Edition 5-AMS". Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. March 1967 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. Pik Povalo-Shveikovskogo
^ 中华人民共和国和阿富汗王国边界条约 (in Chinese). 22 November 1963 – via Wikisource. 到高程为5698米的克克拉去考勒峰（阿方图称波万洛什维科夫斯基峰）。
^ 阿富汗 (in Simplified Chinese). State Ethnic Affairs Commission. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. 中阿边界{...}南起中、巴、阿3国交界处的5587山峰，沿穆斯塔格山脉分水岭北行至克克拉去考勒峰。
^ "China Report Political, Sociological and Military Affairs No. 363" (PDF). United States Joint Publications Research Service. 18 November 1982. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Defense Technical Information Center. If we open up the Atlas of the People's Republic of China we will find that the region of the Pamir, the western extremity of Xinjiang, from the Wuzibieli [Uzbel] Pass1 to the south down to the Kekelaqukaole Peak (which the Soviet Russians call "Pavel Shveikovsky Peak") is designated as a not limited area.
^ ^a ^b "AFGHANISTAN". The World Factbook. Retrieved 31 January 2020. Elevation:{...} lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m highest point: Noshak 7,492 m

[1] Coordinates obtained from Google Earth. Google Earth makes use of the WGS84 geodetic reference system.

[2] "KABUL TO BADAKHSHAN IN 12 HOURS OR LESS". United States Agency for International Development. 6 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020. A bus trip between Kabul and Fayzabad in Badakhshan, Afghanistan's northernmost province, used to take at least two days.

[3] Kamoludin Abdullaev (2018). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan (3 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 92. ISBN 9781538102527 – via Google Books. CHINA-TAJIK BORDER.{...}This mountainous boundary runs along the Sarikol mountain range in eastern Tajikistan, reaching in Pamir the Afghan border at the Povalo-Shveikovskogo peak (5,543 meters above sea level).

[nj43-4] "NJ 43 Su-fu [U.S.S.R., China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, State of Jammu and Kashmir] Series 1301, Edition 5-AMS". Washington, D. C.: Army Map Service. March 1967 – via Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. Pik Povalo-Shveikovskogo

[5] 中华人民共和国和阿富汗王国边界条约 (in Chinese). 22 November 1963 – via Wikisource. 到高程为5698米的克克拉去考勒峰（阿方图称波万洛什维科夫斯基峰）。

[kklqklf-6] 阿富汗 (in Simplified Chinese). State Ethnic Affairs Commission. 6 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. 中阿边界{...}南起中、巴、阿3国交界处的5587山峰，沿穆斯塔格山脉分水岭北行至克克拉去考勒峰。

[7] "China Report Political, Sociological and Military Affairs No. 363" (PDF). United States Joint Publications Research Service. 18 November 1982. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020 – via Defense Technical Information Center. If we open up the Atlas of the People's Republic of China we will find that the region of the Pamir, the western extremity of Xinjiang, from the Wuzibieli [Uzbel] Pass1 to the south down to the Kekelaqukaole Peak (which the Soviet Russians call "Pavel Shveikovsky Peak") is designated as a not limited area.

[factbook-8] "AFGHANISTAN". The World Factbook. Retrieved 31 January 2020. Elevation:{...} lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m highest point: Noshak 7,492 m

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Extreme points of Afghanistan

Contents

Cardinal directions

Elevation

See also

Notes

References