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Kongur Tagh mountain

At 7649 metres a.s.l. the Kongur Tagh mountain (Gonggeer Shan in Chinese) is the highest peak of the Kunlun Mountains. It is situated in a small subrange, known as the Kongur Shan, which forms the western end of the Kunlun mountain range. It is just north of the Muztagh Ata mountain and close to Karakul Lake and the Pamir Mountains.


01 Glaciers	02 Glaciers	03 Ridge and glaciers


04 Snow capped peaks	05 Ridge and glaciers	06 Panorama view towards east	07 Evening view


08 Snow capped peaks	09 Glaciers	10 Glaciers

Other Karakoram highway galleries: Kashgar to Karakul lake ▪ Ghez river canyon ▪ Karakul lake and Muztagh Ata mountain ▪ Tashkurgan ▪ Tashkurgan to Khunjerab pass ▪ Khunjerab pass

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