Altyn-Tagh

Altyn-Tagh, also called the Altun Mountains, is a mountain range in that separates the eastern from the Tibetan Plateau.
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  • 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

Latitude
38.6° or 38° 36′ north
Longitude
89° east
Elevation
3,452 metres (11,325 feet)
Open location code
8MCFH2X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
1281768
Wiki­data ID
Q682334
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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
  • 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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