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Tadjikistan0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Kyrgyz shepherds' hut on the Eastern Pamir plateau at 4433 m elevation, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan. High, cold and arid steppe zone, near the Ak-Baital Pass and Lake Kara-Kul. Stone or sheet-metal shelter used during summer transhumance for herding yaks and sheep.

The setting

Eastern Pamir plateau 4433 m, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, high cold steppe near Lake Kara-Kul.