Kunlun Mountains

The Kunlun Mountains constitute one of the longest mountain chains in , extending for more than 3,000 kilometres. In the broadest sense, the chain forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the .
  • Mountain rising to 7,167 metres (23,514 feet)
  • Description: mountain range in China
  • Also known as
    “Gory Kuen‘ Lin’”
    “K’un-lun Shan-mo”
    “K’un-lun-shan Shan-mo”
    “Keunlun”
    “Khrebet Kuen‘-lun’”
    “Khrebet Kun‘-lun’”
    “Koenliun”
    “Kuen-Lun”
    “Kuen-lun Mountains”
    “Kuen‘ Lin’ Mountains”
    “Kuen‘-Lun’ Range”
    “Kuenlun Shan”
    “Kun Luni”
    “Kun-lun Gebirge”
    “Kunlun”
    “Kunluns”
    “Kwen-lun”
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Latitude
36° north
Longitude
84° east
Open location code
8M862222+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kunlun Mountains” goes by many names.
KunlunAfrikaans
جبال كونلونArabic
ԿունլունArmenian
KunlunAsturian
Kunlun dağlarıAzerbaijani
КуньлуньBashkir
KunlunBasque
Kunlun mendiakBasque
КуньлуньBelarusian
কুয়েনলুন পর্বতমালাBengali
कुनलुन परबतBhojpuri
KunlunBreton
КунлонBulgarian
КунлунBulgarian
KunlunCatalan
Kunlun ShanCatalan
Muntanyes Kun LunCatalan
Kunlun MountainsCebuano
چیاکانی کونلونCentral Kurdish
崑崙Chinese
崑崙山脈Chinese
昆仑山Chinese
昆仑山脉Chinese
阿克山Chinese
KunlunCroatian
Kchun-lunCzech
Kchun-lun-šanCzech
Kunlun ShanCzech
Kunlun-šanCzech
Kuen LunDutch
Kun LunDutch
Kunlun ShanDutch
KunlungebergteDutch
KunlunEsperanto
Kunlun ŜanEsperanto
KunlunoEsperanto
KunlunEstonian
KunlunFinnish
KunlunGalician
კუნლუნიGeorgian
ΚουνλούνGreek
הרי קונלוןHebrew
कुनलुनHindi
कुनलुन पर्वत शृंखलाHindi
कुनलुन पर्वतोंHindi
कुनलुन शानHindi
KunlunHungarian
Pegunungan KunlunIndonesian
Pegunungan Kwen-LunIndonesian
KunlunItalian
Kunlun ShanItalian
クンルン山脈Japanese
コンロン山脈Japanese
崑崙山脈Japanese
Pagunungan KunlunJavanese
Pegunungan KunlunJavanese
ಕುನ್ಲುನ್ ಪರ್ವತಗಳುKannada
КуньлуньKazakh
Кунь-ЛуньKirghiz
곤륜산Korean
곤륜산맥Korean
쿤룬Korean
쿤룬 산Korean
쿤룬산맥Korean
Crëps de KunlunLadin
CunlunLatin
KuņluņsLatvian
崑崙山Literary Chinese
KunlunasLithuanian
KunlunisLithuanian
КунлунMacedonian
കുൻലുൻ പർവ്വതനിരകൾMalayalam
Kunlun ShanNorthern Frisian
KunlunfjelleneNorwegian
KunlunNorwegian Bokmål
Kunlun ShanNorwegian Bokmål
KunlunfjellaNorwegian Bokmål
KunlunfjelleneNorwegian Bokmål
KunlunNorwegian Nynorsk
КуньлуньOssetian
ਕੁਨਲੁਨ ਪਹਾੜPanjabi
کونلونPersian
Kun LunPolish
Kunlun ShanPolish
Munții KunlunRomanian
Кунь-луньRussian
Kunlun MuntainsScots
KunlunSerbian
КуенлуенSerbian
КунлунSerbian
KunlunSerbo-Croatian
ڪنلون جبلن جو سلسلوSindhi
Kchun-lunSlovak
KunlunSlovak
Gorovje KunlunSlovenian
KunlunSlovenian
Kunlun ŠanSlovenian
Milima ya KunlunSwahili
KuenlunSwedish
KunlunSwedish
Kunlun ShanSwedish
KunlunbergenSwedish
குன்லுன் மலைத்தொடர்Tamil
КуньлуньTatar
కున్ లున్ పర్వతాలుTelugu
คุนหลุนชานThai
เทือกเขาคุนหลุนThai
ཁུ་ནུ་རི་རྒྱུད།Tibetan
Kunlun DağlarıTurkish
كۇئېنلۇن تاغ تىزمىسىUighur
كۇئېنلۇن تېغىUighur
Куень-ЛуньUkrainian
КульлуньUkrainian
Кунь-ЛуньUkrainian
سلسلہ کوہ کونلونUrdu
Kuen-LunUzbek
KunlunUzbek
KunlunVenetian
Côn LônVietnamese
Côn LuânVietnamese
Dãy núi Côn LônVietnamese
کونلون پہاڑWestern Panjabi
昆仑山脉Wu Chinese
崑崙山Yue Chinese

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