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Hindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)

LC control no.sh 85060913
Geographic headingHindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
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Geographic subdivision usageHindu Kush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Variant(s)Caucasus Indicus (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Gindukush Range (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hendū Kosh (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hindou-Kouch (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hindu Koh (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hindukusch, Hoher (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hindukush Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Hoher Hindukush (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Paropamisas Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Paropamisus Mountains (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Pārūʹpāmīzād (Afghanistan and Pakistan)
See alsoMountains--Afghanistan
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Mountains--Pakistan
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Found inWeb. geog. (Hindu Kush; known in Alexander the Great's time as Caucasus Indicus; mountain range central Asia)
LC database, May 18, 1999 (Hindukush)
Lippincott (Hindu Kush; Pashto Hindu Koh)
Kuhzād, Ah.ʻA. Sih as̲ar-i Kuhzād dar yak pushtī, 2001 or 2002: t.p. (Pārūʹpāmīzād)
Lippincott, 1962 (Paropamisus Mountains, W outlier of the Hindu Kush, in NW Afghanistan, extending c. 300 mi. along right (N) watershed of the Hari Rud bet. Iran line (61°E) and the Koh-i-Baba (67°E); the name Safid Koh is sometimes applies to the E section of the range)
GEOnet, via WWW, 6 Dec 2011 (Hindū Kush, mountains; 35°N 71°E; variants: Caucasus Indicus; Gindukush Range; Hendū Kosh; Hindou-Kouch; Hindu Koh; Hindukusch, Hoher; Paropamisas; Paropamisus)