Kunlun is a mountain range in China. Lots of people argue how big the mountain range is. The tallest mountain is called Kunlun Goddess and is 7,167 metres tall. There are also lots of volcanoes, one of them is the tallest in Asia. The volcano is 5,808 metres tall and last erupted in 1951.
Kunlun Mountains
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
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.