Tian Shan

The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, is a large system of mountain ranges in . The highest peak is at 7,439 metres high and located in Kyrgyzstan.
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  • Mountain rising to 7,439 metres (24,406 feet)
  • Description: Asian mountain range separating northwest China from Central Asia and Russia
  • Also known as
    “Celestial Mountains”
    “Heavenly Mountains”
    “Mountains of Heaven”
    “T’han-Shañ”
    “T’ien-shan”
    “T’ien-shan Mountains”
    “T’ien-Shan Range”
    “T’ien-shan Shan-mo”
    “Tengir-Too”
    “Tengri Tagh”
    “Thian Schan”
    “Thian Shan”
    “Tian Shan Mountains”
    “Tian-Shan Range”
    “Tien Mountains”
    “Tien Range”
    “Tyan‘ Shan’”
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  • Location
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Latitude
42° north
Longitude
80° east
Open location code
8MJ22222+22
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Tian Shan” goes by many names.
TiensjanAfrikaans
الجبال السماويةArabic
تيان شانArabic
جبال تيان شانArabic
Տյան-ՇանArmenian
Tian ShanAsturian
Tanrı DağlarıAzerbaijani
TyanşanAzerbaijani
Тәңре-ТауBashkir
Tian ShanBasque
Цянь-ШаньBelarusian
থিয়েন শান পর্বতমালাBengali
तियान शानBhojpuri
Тян ШанBulgarian
Teñir-TooCatalan
Tian ShanCatalan
Tien ShanCebuano
Tian ShanCentral Bikol
تیان شانCentral Kurdish
Тянь-ШаньChechen
天山Chinese
天山山脉Chinese
天山山脈Chinese
Тянь-ШаньChuvash
TanšanCroatian
Ťan-šanCzech
Tian ShanDanish
TiensjanDutch
جبال تيان شانEgyptian Arabic
TianŝanEsperanto
TianŝanoEsperanto
TjanŝanoEsperanto
Tian ShanEstonian
Tian ShanExtremaduran
TienšanFinnish
Tian ShanGalician
ტიან-შანიGeorgian
Τιαν ΣανGreek
Τιεν ΣανGreek
Tian ShanHausa
טיאן שאןHebrew
טיין שאןHebrew
तियाँ शानHindi
Tien-sanHungarian
Tian ShanIcelandic
Tian ShanIndonesian
Tian ShanInterlingue
Tian ShanItalian
Tien ShanItalian
天山山脈Japanese
ಟೀಯೆನ್ ಷಾನ್Kannada
Тянь-ШаньKarachay-Balkar
АлатауKazakh
Тәңір тауыKazakh
ТәңіртауKazakh
Тянь-ШаньKazakh
Ала-ТооKirghiz
Теңир-ТооKirghiz
Тянь-ШаньKirghiz
톈산 산맥Korean
Crëps de TianshanLadin
Tian ShanLadin
Tian SchanLatin
TjanšansLatvian
Tian ŠanisLithuanian
ТианшанMacedonian
ТјеншанMacedonian
Tian ShanMalay
ടിയാൻഷാൻ പർവതനിരMalayalam
Tian ShanMaltese
ᡨᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡧᠠᠨ ᠠᠯᡳᠨManchu
थ्यॅन षानMarathi
Thian-san Soaⁿ-me̍hMin Nan Chinese
Тэнгэр УулMongolian
Tian ShanNorthern Frisian
Tian ShanNorwegian
Tian ShanNorwegian Bokmål
Tian ShanNorwegian Nynorsk
Tian ShanOccitan (post 1500)
Тянь-ШаньOssetian
تیان شانPersian
Tien-szanPolish
Tian-ȘanRomanian
Тянь-ШаньRussian
Тянь-ШаньRusyn
Tian ShanScots
Tjen ŠanSerbian
Тјен ШанSerbian
TanšanSerbo-Croatian
تيان شانSindhi
تيان شان جبلن جو سلسلوSindhi
Ťan-šanSlovak
Gorovje duhovSlovenian
Nebeške GoreSlovenian
Nebeško gorovjeSlovenian
Tian ŠanSlovenian
Tien ŠanSlovenian
Tjan ŠanSlovenian
تانری داغلاریSouth Azerbaijani
Tian ShanSwahili
Tian ShanSwedish
Tien ShanSwedish
Tian ShanTagalog
ТиёншонTajik
தியான் சான்Tamil
Tän-ŞänTatar
Тәңре тауларыTatar
ТәңретауTatar
Тянь-ШаньTatar
เทียนชานThai
Tanrı DağlarıTurkish
TengritaghUighur
تەڭرىتاغUighur
Тянь-ШаньUkrainian
تیان شانUrdu
Tyan-ShanUzbek
Tien ŠanVenetian
Tien ShanVenetian
Thiên SơnVietnamese
Tian ShanWaray (Philippines)
Tien ShanWelsh
Tian Shan-berchtmeWestern Frisian
تیان شانWestern Panjabi
天山Wu Chinese
天山山脉Wu Chinese
Тянь-ШаньYakut
天山Yue Chinese
“The only true voyage… would be not to travel to new landscapes, but to have other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others.”

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