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 Nhĩ Kim Sơn”, “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”, “Aerjin Shan”, “Altin Mountain Range”, “Altin tagh”, “Altin Tagh”, “Altintagas”, “Altön Tag Range”, “Altõntag”, “Altun Dağ”, “Altun dağları”, “Altun Mountains”, “Altun-Shan”, “Altunšanas”, “Altyn Tag”, “Ałtyn-tag”, “Altyntag”, “Astin Tagh”, “Astun-Tag”, “Astun-tagh”, “Astyn-tagh”, “Astyn-Tagh”, “Dãy núi Altun”, “Khrebet Altyn Tag”, “montañas Altun”, “Алтуньшань”, and “Арцзиншань”
Altyn-Tagh
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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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: “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: “Altyn Tagh”
- Esperanto: “Altun”
- Estonian: “Altun Shan”
- Finnish: “Altyntagh”
- French: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Georgian: “ალთინთაღი”
- German: “Altun”
- 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: “Altyntagas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altyn Tagh”
- Norwegian: “Altyn Tagh”
- Persian: “آلتینداغ”
- Polish: “Ałtyn-Tag”
- Portuguese: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Russian: “Алтынтаг”
- Slovak: “Altyn-tag”
- Slovak: “Altyn-tagh”
- Slovenian: “Altin Tag”
- Slovenian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Spanish: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Swedish: “Altun Shan”
- Turkish: “Altun Dağları”
- Uighur: “ئالتۇن تاغ”
- Ukrainian: “Алтинтаг”
- Urdu: “التن۔تاغ”
- Venetian: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Vietnamese: “Altyn-Tagh”
- Wu Chinese: “阿尔金山”
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