Altyn-Tagh
Altyn-Tagh, also called the Altun Mountains, is a mountain range in northwestern China that separates the eastern Tarim Basin from the Tibetan Plateau.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,452 metres
- Description: mountain range in China
- Also known as: “A-erh-chin Shan”, “A-erh-chin Shan-mo”, “A-erh-chin-shan Range”, “A-lo-t’eng Ling”, “A-lo-t’eng-t’a-ko Ling”, “A’erjin Shan”, “Altin Mountain Range”, “Altön Tag Range”, “Altun Mountains”, “Altun Shan”, “Astin Tagh”, “Astun-Tag”, “Astun-tagh”, “Astyn-tagh”, and “Khrebet Altyn Tag”
Altyn-Tagh
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.6° or 38° 36′ north
Longitude
89° east
Elevation
3,452 metres (11,325 feet)
Open location code
8MCFH2X2+X2
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Altyn-Tagh” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Altun mendiak”
- Belarusian: “Алтын-Таг”
- Belarusian: “Алтынтаг”
- Bulgarian: “Алтънтаг”
- Catalan: “Aerjin Shan”
- Catalan: “Altun-Shan”
- Catalan: “Altyn Tag”
- Catalan: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Catalan: “Astyn-Tagh”
- Catalan: “muntanyes Altun”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Altun”
- Cebuano: “Altun Shan”
- Chinese: “阿尔金山”
- Chinese: “阿尔金山脉”
- Czech: “Altyn-tag”
- Czech: “Altyn-tagh”
- Dutch: “Altin tagh”
- Dutch: “Altin Tagh”
- Dutch: “Altun Shan”
- Dutch: “Altun”
- Dutch: “Altyn Tag”
- Dutch: “Altyn Tagh”
- Dutch: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Dutch: “Astyn-Tagh”
- Esperanto: “Altun”
- Estonian: “Altõntag”
- Estonian: “Altun Shan”
- Finnish: “Altun Shan”
- Finnish: “Altyntagh”
- French: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Georgian: “ალთინთაღი”
- German: “Altun Shan”
- German: “Altun”
- German: “Altyntag”
- Hebrew: “אלטון שאן”
- Hungarian: “Altin-tag”
- Hungarian: “Altin-Tag”
- Indonesian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Italian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Japanese: “アルチン山脈”
- Kazakh: “Алтынтаг”
- Kirghiz: “Алтынтаг тоолору”
- Ladin: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Lithuanian: “Altintagas”
- Lithuanian: “Altunšanas”
- Lithuanian: “Altyntagas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altyn Tagh”
- Norwegian: “Altyn Tagh”
- Persian: “آلتینداغ”
- Polish: “Altun Shan”
- Polish: “Ałtyn-tag”
- Polish: “Ałtyn-Tag”
- Portuguese: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Russian: “Алтын-Таг”
- Russian: “Алтынтаг”
- Russian: “Арцзиншань”
- Slovak: “Altyn-tag”
- Slovak: “Altyn-tagh”
- Slovenian: “Altin Tag”
- Slovenian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Spanish: “Aerjin Shan”
- Spanish: “Altun Shan”
- Spanish: “Altyn Tagh”
- Spanish: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Spanish: “montañas Altun”
- Swedish: “Altun Shan”
- Turkish: “Altun Dağ”
- Turkish: “Altun dağları”
- Turkish: “Altun Dağları”
- Uighur: “ئالتۇن تاغ”
- Ukrainian: “Алтинтаг”
- Ukrainian: “Алтуньшань”
- Urdu: “التن۔تاغ”
- Venetian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Vietnamese: “A Nhĩ Kim Sơn”
- Vietnamese: “Altun Shan”
- Vietnamese: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Altun”
- Wu Chinese: “阿尔金山”
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