Kunlun Mountains
This article is about the mountain range in China. The asteroid of the same name is described under (3613) Kunlun.
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Kunlun, obsolete: Kuenlun, (Chinese 崑崙山脈 / 昆仑山脉, pinyin Kūnlún Shānmài - "Kunlun Mountains", short 崑崙山 / 昆仑山, Kūnlún Shān, tib. ཁུ་ནུ་རི་རྒྱུད) is a mountain range in China or in High Asia, almost 3000 km long and up to 7167 m high.
The Kunlun Mountains at the northern edge of the highlands of Tibet
Mountains
The mountain ranges of Kunlun Shan have over 200 peaks of more than 6000 m in height. The mountains include:
- Liushi Shan - Kunlun Goddess (7167 m, ⊙35.31414380.9168957167)
- Ulugh Muztagh (6973 m, ⊙36.412587.38416666676973).
- Bukadabang Feng (6860 m, ⊙36.02416790.8658336860).
- Yurung Shan I (6778 m, ⊙35.37168481.1786926778)
- Yurung Shan II (6767 m, ⊙35.36143981.1059816767)
- Kotaklik Shan (6580 m, ⊙35.99394181.5940936580)
- Yuzhu Shan (6178 m, ⊙35.652594.2508336178)
- Malan (6056 m)
- Tekiliki Day (5466 m)
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Map with all coordinates of the section Mountains: OSM
The Tibet Railway at Kunlun Pass
Earth History
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The Kunlun Mountains were formed by the collision of the Indian subcontinent plate with the Eurasian plate, closing the primordial ocean known as the Tethys.
The mountains, rich in mineral resources, are largely a high mountain desert.
