Altyn-Tagh

Altyn-Tagh, also called the Altun Mountains, is a mountain range in that separates the eastern from the Tibetan Plateau.
  • Mountain rising to 6,245 metres (20,489 feet)
  • 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”
    “Khrebet Altyn Tag”
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Latitude
38.6° or 38° 36′ north
Longitude
89° east
Open location code
8MCFH2X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Altyn-Tagh” goes by many names.
Altun mendiakBasque
Алтын-ТагBelarusian
АлтънтагBulgarian
Aerjin ShanCatalan
Altun-ShanCatalan
Altyn TagCatalan
Altyn-TaghCatalan
Astyn-TaghCatalan
Muntanyes AltunCatalan
Altun ShanCebuano
阿尔金山Chinese
阿尔金山脉Chinese
Altyn-tagCzech
Altyn-taghCzech
Altin TaghDutch
AltunDutch
Altun ShanDutch
Altyn TagDutch
Altyn-TaghDutch
Astyn-TaghDutch
AltunEsperanto
AltõntagEstonian
Altun ShanEstonian
Altun ShanFinnish
AltyntaghFinnish
ალთინთაღიGeorgian
אלטון שאןHebrew
Altin-TagHungarian
Altyn-TaghIndonesian
Altyn-TaghItalian
アルチン山脈Japanese
АлтынтагKazakh
Алтынтаг тоолоруKirghiz
Altyn-TaghLadin
AltintagasLithuanian
AltunšanasLithuanian
AltyntagasLithuanian
Altyn TaghNorwegian
Altyn TaghNorwegian Bokmål
آلتین‌داغPersian
Altun ShanPolish
Ałtyn-tagPolish
Алтын-ТагRussian
АрцзиншаньRussian
Altyn-tagSlovak
Altyn-taghSlovak
Altin TagSlovenian
Altyn-TaghSlovenian
Altun ShanSwedish
Altun DağTurkish
Altun dağlarıTurkish
ئالتۇن تاغUighur
АлтинтагUkrainian
АлтуньшаньUkrainian
التن۔تاغUrdu
Altyn-TaghVenetian
A Nhĩ Kim SơnVietnamese
Altun ShanVietnamese
Altyn-TaghVietnamese
Dãy núi AltunVietnamese
阿尔金山Wu Chinese

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