Peaks of Trans-Ili Alatau in Almaty region

The peaks and mountain passes of Trans-Ili Alatau bear the names of different explorers, cosmonauts, revolutionaries, pilots, statesmen, and other prominent figures.

The highest point of the Trans-Ili Alatau ridge is Talgar Peak - about 4,980 meters.

The peak was named after Toivo Antikainen, a Finnish politician, one of the organizers and leaders of the Communist Party of Finland.

July 7, 1940 a group of Almaty climbers led by I. Mezdrikov climbed the peak for the first time.

[3] Located in the main ridge of the Small Almaty spur between Antikainen Peak and eponymous mountain pass (3,750 m).

The pioneers of the main route were a group of instructors of the Tuyuksu mountaineering camp led by E. Alekseyev and V. Senokosov in 1940.