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Kongur Tiube

Coordinates: 38°35′37″N 75°11′44″E / 38.59361°N 75.19556°E / 38.59361; 75.19556
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Kongur Tiube
公格尔九别峰
Kongur Tiube (Kongur Tagh II peak)
Highest point
Elevation7,530 m (24,700 ft)[1] Ranked 46th
Prominence810 m (2,660 ft)[1]
Coordinates38°35′37″N 75°11′44″E / 38.59361°N 75.19556°E / 38.59361; 75.19556
Geography
Kongur Tiube is located in Southern Xinjiang
Kongur Tiube
Kongur Tiube
Location in Xinjiang
LocationAkto County, Xinjiang, China
Parent rangePamir Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1956
Easiest routeRock/snow/ice climb

Kongur Tagh, which means "a brown mountain" in Uyghur language, has a significant subpeak known as Kongur Tiube (公格尔九别峰 which means in the local language "the mountain with a white cap",[2] also Kongur Tiubie / Jiubie and Kungur Tjube Tagh), 38°36′57″N 75°11′44″E / 38.61583°N 75.19556°E / 38.61583; 75.19556 (Kungur Tjube Tagh); elevation = 7,530 metres (24,700 ft).Ranked 46th[3] It is moderately independent, with a topographic prominence of 840 m (2,760 ft). It was first climbed in 1956.

In 2015, Chinese state media reported about a huge body of the Kongur Tiube glacier collapsing causing a 20 km long and one kilometre wide ice rock avalanche.[4]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "Kongur Tiube Tagh, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ Kongur Jiubie Peak Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
  3. ^ Kongur Tagh-Muztagh Ata Topographic Map, 1:100,000, by the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ISBN 7-80545-148-6.
  4. ^ Petley, Dave (2015-05-17). "Reports of a massive ice - rock avalanche in Akto County, Xinjiang, China?". Retrieved 2024-11-23.

See also

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References

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  • Ward, Michael. (1983). "The Kongur Massif in Southern Sinkiang." The Geographical Journal, Vol. 149, No. 2 (Jul., 1983), pp. 137–152.
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