Lenin Peak (, ; , renamed қуллаи Абӯалӣ ибни Сино in July 2006), rises to in
Gorno-Badakhshan (
GBAO) on the border of
Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan, and is the second-highest point of both countries. It is considered one of the easiest 7,000 m peaks in the world to climb and it has by far the most ascents of any 7,000 m or higher peak on Earth, with every year seeing hundreds of climbers make their way to the summit. Lenin Peak is the highest mountain in the
Trans-Alay Range of
Central Asia, and in the
Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan it is exceeded only by
Ismoil Somoni Peak (7,495 m). It was thought to be the highest point in the Pamirs in Tajikistan until 1933, when Ismoil Somoni Peak (known as
Stalin Peak at the time) was climbed and found to be more than 300 metres higher. Two mountains in the Pamirs in China,
Kongur Tagh (7,649 m) and
Muztagh Ata (7,546 m), are higher than the Tajik summits.