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The Kunlun Shan is a major mountain
system of Asia, situated in China about halfway between the
Himalayas and Tian Shan. It stretches one thousand
miles, its snow-and-glacier-clad peaks rising abruptly along
the north edge of the vast dry Tibetan plains. The Kunlun Shan
becomes progressively more narrow from east to west, and the
narrow western section, just east of the Pamirs, is where
the highest peaks are found, towering seventy five miles south
of Kashi, the largest city in western Xinjiang Province, China.
Near the center of the Kunlun Shan, a
500-mile northern branch called the Altun Tagh splits from the main
range and extends northeast.
The following are some of the major
peaks of the Kunlun Shan:
| Kongur |
25,326 ft. |
7,719 m. |
| Muztagh Ata |
24,758 ft. |
7,546 m. |
| Muztag |
23,888 ft. |
7,282 m. |
| Cholpanglik |
23,300 ft. |
7,102 m. |
| Ulugh Muztagh |
22,923 ft. |
6,987 m. |
| Bukadaban Feng |
22,506 ft. |
6,860 m. |
| Chakragil |
22,071 ft. |
6,727 m. |
| Amne Machin |
20,610 ft. |
6,282
m. |
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