Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains

30°30′0″N 94°30′00″E / 30.50000°N 94.50000°E / 30.50000; 94.50000

Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
The Nyainqêntanglha Mountains viewed from the Qinghai–Tibet Railway
Highest point
PeakMount Nyenchen Tanglha, Damxung County, Lhasa
Elevation7,162 m (23,497 ft)
Dimensions
Length700 km (430 mi)
Geography
Map
CountryChina
RegionTibet Autonomous Region
Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
Chinese name
Chinese念青唐古拉山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNiànqīng Tánggǔlā Shān
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ
Transcriptions
Wyliegnyan chen thang lha
THLNyenchenthanglha
Tibetan PinyinNyainqêntanglha

The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (officially spelt Nyainqêntanglha Mountains in Chinese) are a 700-kilometre (430 mi) long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.[1][2]