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Southern Tibet : vol.7 |
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In connection with the five profiles described above it would have been very
interesting to add a sixth one farther south just in the region where the Tibetan
and Pamir ranges meet. This region is one of the most rugged, wild and difficult
in the interior of Asia. Only a few travellers have been there. The last visitor
was Captain L. V. S. BLACKER who travelled, October 1918, from the uppermost
Taghdumbash Pamir to Kök-yar, crossing an endless series of difficult passes. It
was a plucky and courageous undertaking, and the warlike conditions under which
it was carried out, are sufficient excuse for the meagerness of his description and his
map—from a geographical point of view.¹
Still, Blacker's little sketch-map may give us some idea of the extremely
accentuated character of this part of the mountains between Pamir and Tibet,
especially if we add to it some dates from previous travellers. When Blacker says
of the valley of Chup that it is »blank on the map», he has forgotten that
GROMBTCHEVSKIY has travelled along a part of it², and when he says that »a
hamlet called Bulun», is »not on the map», he overlooks the fact that this village
is entered on BOGDANOVITCH's map Маршрутная съемка отъ урочища Тахта-
хонъ до рѣки Яркендъ-дарьи и обратно, published in PIEVTSOFF's work quoted
above.³ So even if the country is not »untrodden», BLACKER is quite right in
saying it is nearly »unknown», for, as a rule, the results brought back from this
region by his predecessors are very poor, especially so far as the maps are concerned.
GROMBTCHEVSKIY's map of these parts of the world is called Карта путе-
шествій подполковника Громбчевскаго въ Дарвасѣ, на Памирѣ, въ Джиты-жаарѣ,
въ Канджутѣ, въ Раскемѣ и въ сѣв. зап. Тибетѣ, въ 1885, 1888, 1889 и 1890
годахъ; 1:840000, published 1895. It is not a reliable map, and especially his
altitudes are impossible, being sometimes 500 or 600 meters too high. But on
the other hand I cannot tell how far Blacker's altitudes are, approximately, more
reliable. In some cases his passes are much higher than the heights given by
Grombtchevskiy. The pass of Sakrigu is 3575 m., according to Grombtchevskiy,
and 4878⁴ according to Blacker, and the Ak-korum is 3390 m. on Grombtchevskiy's
map, and 4268 on that of Blacker.
The pass of Kara-tash of Blacker is also to be found on the Russian traveller's
map, though he crossed another pass, called Chup, situated a few versts south of it
in the same ridge. The two passes whose names Blacker could not find out as he
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