Khan Tengri

Khan Tengri
Hantengri Peak
Khan Tengri above North Engilchek Glacier
Highest point
Elevation7,010 m (23,000 ft)[1]
Prominence1,685 m (5,528 ft)[2]
Isolation19.46 km (12.09 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
Coordinates42°12′39″N 80°10′30″E / 42.21083°N 80.17500°E / 42.21083; 80.17500
Geography
Khan Tengri is located in Asia
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Location in Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China, and its Xinjiang Province respectively
Khan Tengri is located in Kyrgyzstan
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri (Kyrgyzstan)
Khan Tengri is located in Kazakhstan
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri (Kazakhstan)
Khan Tengri is located in China
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri (China)
Khan Tengri is located in Xinjiang
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri (Xinjiang)
LocationAk-Suu District, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan
Raiymbek District, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
Wensu County, Xinjiang, China
Parent rangeTian Shan
Climbing
First ascent1931 Mikhail Pogrebetsky
Easiest routeglacier/snow/ice/rock climb

Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia. It is on the ChinaKyrgyzstanKazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul. Its geologic elevation is 6,995 m (22,949 ft), but its glacial icecap rises to 7,010 m (22,999 ft). For this reason, in mountaineering circles, including for the Soviet Snow Leopard award criteria, it is considered a 7,000-metre peak.

Khan Tengri is the second-highest mountain in the Tian Shan, surpassed only by Jengish Chokusu (means "Victory peak", formerly known as Peak Pobeda) (7,439 m). Khan Tengri is the highest point in Kazakhstan and third-highest peak in Kyrgyzstan, after Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m) and Avicenna Peak (7,134 m). It is also the world's most northern 7,000-metre peak, notable because peaks of high latitude have a shorter climbing season, generally more severe weather and thinner air.

  1. ^ "Topographic map of Khan Tengri". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ^ "The Central Asian Republics: Ultra-Prominence Page". peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-26. This prominence figure is based on the elevation of 6995m.