Peak of Bazarduzu is a mountain in Main Caucasus Range, on the border of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Dagestan. Its highest peak is 4466 meters. It is situated on the territory of Gabala region.
It is located on Main Caucasian Range of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, on the territory of the Gusar region, on the border with the Russian Federation. It is the southernmost point of the Russian Federation. It consists in three peaks. Turyan and Gusar rivers originate here. The mountain got its name from the name of a plain called Bazarduzu, located in Shahnabadchay valley, which was the pasture for the cattle-breeding tribes in the past. It is considered to be an ethnotoponym.
It is about 7 km from Kuzun village to Laza village by a dirt road. First you need to walk along the left bank of Gusarchay river from Laza village using better path, and then get to Shahyaylag by moving along Shahnabadchay, cross Shahnabadchay using the bridge, go from the bridge to Kuzun village. It takes 9–12 hours. Then you need to climb up the right side of Shahnabadchay in the direction of travel, get to wide meadow – Yatukhdara mountain mass, where two rivers converge, located 2 hours away from the bridge.
Then you need to move along the right side in the direction of travel up to the place where the river flows through Kurush passage. By crossing to another side of the river, you need to get to the lower point between Bazarduzu and Yarudagh mountain mass (black slate rocks act as additional landmarks). It takes 30–40 minutes to get from the watersmeet to Kurush (Garanlig) passage. Then you need to go through Kurush passage to the north-eastern range of Bazarduzu at the place where there are piles of stones. It takes 3–5 hours to go from the camp to the peak of Bazarduzu, along wide mountain range. The safety net is needed here.
You are able to climb to the peak of Bazarduzu through the range or the slope, using traverse in an arc: left-up-right (safety net!). Then you need to go down into narrow place and climb up to the ice dome of the peak (Grampons are a must!). Climbing to the peak along the ice dome. (corridor!) It's 2 hours from the Eastern peak. There are control tours along the ice dome, and slates at the exit 30 m from the Peak.
Tufangol – the left tributary of Demiraparan river – is located 4 km north of the source of the right tributary of Tufanchay, at an altitude of 3,277 m above the sea level. Tufangol, which is of glacial (moraine) origin, is freshwater lake surrounded by the mountains, fed by snow and glacial waters. The length of the lake is 160 m, its width is 125 m, depth is 5.6 m, and the area in the high water period reaches 3.8 ha.
The water of Tufangol lake becomes transparent in the summer, and the bottom of the lake up to 2 m is clearly visible.In July the water temperature of the lake is higher than t 0 - u +10 0 -. Tufangol lake, situated on the Northern border of the mountain pastures of the region, is surrounded by clouds, snow and blizzard 8 – 9 months a year. Sometimes the snow cover does not manage to dissolve for a whole year. Nomadic cattle breeders (local people) who are familiar with these places call Tufangol lake the Lake of Noah. Tufangol is situated in Main Dividing Range of the Azerbaijani part of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, on the border of Guba and Gabala regions, in the upper part of the source of the left tributary of Damiraparan river.
Tufanchay river on the left tributary of Damiraparan river is fed from Tufangol. Thus, just below the level of the lake, where there are no glaciers or springs on the southern slope of the mountain, the water in the lake flows, as if cutting through the mountain, and forms the source of the Tufanchay river. You can reach Tufangol from Khinalig village in Guba region and Laza village in Gabala region. It is relatively easy to go to the lake from Laza village, Gabala region; and the distance here is shorter.
When you go from Khinalig village, you can first get to Tufandagh peak (4191 meters) and then go down to the lake. In addition to these two villages, you can also climb Tufangol from Shahyaylaghi. There are Turfan lakes in the north-west direction from Tufangol, where several lakes are next to each other, which are also located in very beautiful and picturesque territory.