Khan Tängiri Peak

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Khan Tängiri Peak

mountain, Asia

Also known as: Han-t’eng-ko-li Peak, Hantengri Feng, Kan-Too Choksu, Khan Tängiri Shyngy, Khan Tengri

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Kazakh:: Khan Tängiri Shyngy

Kyrgyz:: Kan-Too Choksu

Chinese:: Hantengri Feng

Also spelled:: Khan Tengri

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Khan Tängiri Peak, 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, 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.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.