Kongur Tagh, which means "a brown mountain" in Uyghur language, has a significant subpeak known as Kongur Tiube (公格尔九别峰 which means in the local language "the mountain with a white cap",[2] also Kongur Tiubie / Jiubie and Kungur Tjube Tagh), 38°36′57″N 75°11′44″E / 38.61583°N 75.19556°E; elevation = 7,530 metres (24,700 ft).Ranked 46th[3] It is moderately independent, with a topographic prominence of 840 m (2,760 ft). It was first climbed in 1956.
| Kongur Tiube | |
|---|---|
| 公格尔九别峰 | |
 Kongur Tiube (Kongur Tagh II peak) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,530 m (24,700 ft)[1] Ranked 46th |
| Prominence | 810 m (2,660 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 38°35′37″N 75°11′44″E / 38.59361°N 75.19556°E |
| Geography | |
  Kongur Tiube Location in Xinjiang | |
| Location | Akto County, Xinjiang, China |
| Parent range | Pamir Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1956 |
| Easiest route | Rock/snow/ice climb |
In 2015, Chinese state media reported about a huge body of the Kongur Tiube glacier collapsing causing a 20 km long and one kilometre wide ice rock avalanche.[4]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b "Kongur Tiube Tagh, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ Kongur Jiubie Peak Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- ^ Kongur Tagh-Muztagh Ata Topographic Map, 1:100,000, by the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ISBN 7-80545-148-6.
- ^ Petley, Dave (2015-05-17). "Reports of a massive ice - rock avalanche in Akto County, Xinjiang, China?". Retrieved 2024-11-23.
See also
editReferences
edit- Ward, Michael. (1983). "The Kongur Massif in Southern Sinkiang." The Geographical Journal, Vol. 149, No. 2 (Jul., 1983), pp. 137–152.
External links
edit Media related to Kongur_Tiube at Wikimedia Commons
- "Kongur Tiube Tagh, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.