Hoh Xil

Qinghai Hoh Xil
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Hoh Xil in August
LocationQinghai
CriteriaNatural: (vii)(x)
Reference1540
Inscription2017 (41st Session)
Area3,735,632 ha (9,230,950 acres)
Buffer zone2,290,904 ha (5,660,950 acres)
Coordinates35°22′49″N 92°26′21″E / 35.38028°N 92.43917°E / 35.38028; 92.43917
Hoh Xil is located in Qinghai
Hoh Xil
Location in Qinghai
Hoh Xil
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese可可西里
Traditional Chinese可可西里
Literal meaningBlue ridge (in Mongolic)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKěkěxīlǐ
Wade–GilesK'e3k'e3hsi1li3
IPA[kʰɤ̀kʰɤ̀ɕílì]
Tibetan-origin name
Simplified Chinese阿卿贡嘉
Traditional Chinese阿卿貢嘉
Literal meaningLord of ten thousand mountains
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀqīnggòngjiā
Wade–GilesA1ch'ing1kung4chia1
IPA[átɕʰíŋkʊ̂ŋtɕjá]
Tibetan name
Tibetanཧོ་ཧོ་ཞི་ལི
ཨ་ཆེན་གངས་རྒྱབ
Transcriptions
Wylieho ho zhi li
a chen gangs rgyab
THLHohozhili
Achenganggyap
Tibetan PinyinHohoxili
Aqênganggyab
Lhasa IPA[ho˥˥.ˌho.ɕi˩˨.ˈli
a˥˥.ˌt͡ɕʰẽː.kaŋ˩˧˨.ˈɟʌ(p̚)ˀ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicХөх шил
Mongolian scriptᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠰᠢᠯᠢ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCKöke sil

Hoh Xil or Kekexili (Mongolian for "Blue Ridge", also Aqênganggyai for "Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains"), is an isolated region in the northeastern part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. On July 7, 2017, the Hoh Xil in Qinghai was listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "the largest and highest plateau in the world".[1]

  1. ^ "Qinghai Hoh Xil".