Flaming Mountains
The Flaming Mountains or Huoyan Mountains, are barren, eroded, red sandstone hills in the Tian Shan of Xinjiang. They lie near the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert and east of the city of Turpan.Photo: Colegota, CC BY-SA 2.5 es.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: mountain range in Xinjiang
- Also known as: “Huoyan Mountains” and “Huoyan Shan”
Flaming Mountains
- Categories: mountain range, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Turpan, Dzungarian, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Flaming Mountains” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կրակե լեռներ”
- Basque: “Mendi Gartsuak”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Flamejants”
- Central Bikol: “Naglalaad na mga Bukid”
- Chinese: “火焰山”
- Dutch: “Flaming Mountains”
- Dzongkha: “མེ་དིམ་བུ།”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجبال المشتعله”
- French: “monts Flamboyants”
- French: “Monts Flamboyants”
- German: “Flammende Berge”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Huoyan”
- Italian: “Montagne Fiammeggianti”
- Japanese: “火焔山”
- Korean: “화염산”
- Ladin: “Flammende Berge”
- Lithuanian: “Liepsnojantys kalnai”
- Russian: “Огненные горы”
- Spanish: “Montañas Flameantes”
- Swedish: “Huoyanshan”
- Tamil: “எரிதழல் மலை”
- Turkish: “Yanan Dağlar”
- Uighur: “قىزىل تاغ”
- Venetian: “Montagne Fiamejanti”
- Vietnamese: “Hỏa Diệm Sơn”
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