Khan Tängiri Peak

Khan Tängiri Peak

Kazakh  Khan Tängiri Shyngy , Kyrgyz  Kan-Too Choksu , Chinese  Hantengri Feng , also spelled  Khan Tengri 

      peak in the Tien Shan range of Central Asia, at the juncture of the boundaries between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (Sinkiang, Uygur Autonomous Region of), China. Situated in a heavily glaciated mountain knot, the mountain rises to 22,949 feet (6,995 metres) and is the highest point in Kazakhstan. Until Soviet explorers found that nearby Victory Peak (Kyrgyz, Jengish Chokusu; Russian, Pik Pobeda), at 24,406 feet (7,439 metres), was higher, Khan Tängiri was thought to be the highest point in the Tien Shan. Kalagyuri Glacier (58 miles [36 km] long) below and east of the peak is the largest known glacier in China.

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