Helan Mountains
The Helan Mountains, frequently called Alashan Mountains in older sources, are an isolated desert mountain range forming the border of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League and Ningxia.
- Mountain range rising to 3,556 metres (11,667 feet)
- Description: mountain range in China
- Also known as“A-la-shan Shan”“Ala Shan”“Ho-lan Shan”“Ho-lan Shan Shan-mo”“Khrebet A-la Shan”“Neimengguhelanshan National Natural Reserve”
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Latitude
38.85° or 38° 51′ north
Longitude
105.95° or 105° 57′ east
Open location code
8PC7RWXX+XX
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Helan Mountains” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալաշան”
- Armenian: “Ալաշանի լեռնաշղթա”
- Armenian: “Խելանշան”
- Armenian: “Ցզյալանշան”
- Bulgarian: “Хълан”
- Catalan: “Alashan”
- Cebuano: “Helan Shan”
- Chinese: “賀蘭山”
- Chinese: “贺兰山”
- Chinese: “阿拉善山”
- Czech: “Che-lan-šan”
- Danish: “Helanbjergene”
- Dutch: “Helan Mountains”
- Dutch: “Helangebergte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال حلان”
- Esperanto: “Montaro Helan”
- French: “Ala shan”
- French: “Alaša aɣula”
- French: “montagnes Helan”
- French: “Monts Helan”
- Georgian: “ხელანშანის ქედი”
- German: “Helan Shan”
- German: “Helan-Gebirge”
- German: “Holanschan”
- Hebrew: “הרי חלאן”
- Irish: “Sléibhte Helan”
- Italian: “Monti Helan”
- Japanese: “賀蘭山”
- Japanese: “賀蘭山脈”
- Kazakh: “Алашан жотасы”
- Korean: “허란산맥”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Helan”
- Literary Chinese: “賀蘭山”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Helan Shan”
- Norwegian: “Helan Shan”
- Persian: “رشتهکوه هلان”
- Polish: “Helan Shan”
- Russian: “Алашань”
- Russian: “Хэланьшань”
- Spanish: “Montañas Helan”
- Swedish: “Helan Shan”
- Swedish: “Helanbergen”
- Turkish: “Alaşan Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Алашань”
- Uzbek: “Alashan (togʻ)”
- Uzbek: “Alashan”
- Venetian: “Monti Helan”
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