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Muztagata Range

mountains, China
Also known as: Kashgar Range, Mu-shih-t’a-ko Shan, Mushitage Shan(Show More)
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Muztagata Range, mountain range in the westernmost part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwestern China. As a far western part of the Kunlun Mountains, it extends some 200 miles (320 km) along a north-northwest and south-southeast axis parallel to the eastern edge of the Pamirs range and rises to 25,325 feet (7,719 metres) at Mount Kongur (Gongge’er). The peak of Muztagata (24,757 feet [7,546 metres]) in the range is nicknamed “the father of...

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