Kunlun Hu
Kunlun Hu is a lake in Xinjiang, Northwest China and has an elevation of 1,378 metres. Kunlun Hu is situated nearby to the locality Arele, as well as near Tuowanggujiang.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Unity Plaza and Hotan Museum.
Unity Plaza
Park
Photo: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuanjie Square or Unity Square is the main public square of Hotan, a major town in southwestern Xinjiang near the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Hotan Museum
Museum
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Hotan Cultural Museum or Hetian Cultural Museum is a museum in Hotan, Xinjiang, China. Founded in 1995, it has a range of silk fragments, wooden utensils and jewelry, and mummified corpses of a 10-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man with Eurasian faces, believed to be over 1,500 years old. Hotan Museum is situated 3½ km northwest of Kunlun Hu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khotan and Jiya Township.
Khotan
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Khotan, is a town on the southern Branch of the Silk Road in Xinjiang Province in China. Khotan was once center of a Buddhist empire. The old capital, Yoktan, is about 10 km west of the current city.
Jiya Township
Town
Jiya is a township in the northeastern part of Hotan City in Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China in an oasis area on the eastern bank of the White Jade River in the southwestern part of the Taklamakan Desert. Jiya Township is situated 9 km northeast of Kunlun Hu.
Kunlun Hu
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.09798° or 37° 5′ 53″ northLongitude
79.94281° or 79° 56′ 34″ eastElevation
1,378 metres (4,521 feet)Open location code
8J9X3WXV+54GeoNames ID
8992548
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In Other Languages
“Kunlun Hu” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “昆仑湖”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arele and Tuowanggujiang.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gazong Shuiku and Hetian Shi Gazong Shuiku.
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