Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Naturunderverker i Xinjiang

Natural Wonders

Xinjiang’s vast terrain contains some of the world’s most formidable geographical features. This collection spans the Karakoram and Tian Shan ranges, featuring the 8,611-meter summit of K2 and the "Father of Ice Mountains," Muztagh Ata. High-altitude bodies of water like the turquoise Sayram Lake and the sprawling Bosten Lake punctuate the arid landscape. Strategically significant mountain passes, including the 5,540-meter Karakoram Pass and the Khunjerab Pass on the Pakistan border, offer access through these rugged continental divides.

Natural Wonders – Kart

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K2

K2, at 8,611 metres above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres.

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Pobeda Peak (Jengish Chokusu)

Jengish Chokusu or Victory Peak is the highest mountain in the Tian Shan mountain system in Central Asia at 7,439 metres.

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Bogda Peak

Bogda Peak or Bogda Feng is the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China, at 5,445 m and the…

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Sayram Lake

Sayram Lake is located in the Bortala Prefecture near the Tian Shan Mountains, Xinjiang, China.

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Heavenly Lake

Tianchi is an alpine lake in Xinjiang, Northwest China, situated at 43°53′9.7″N 88°7′56.6″E.

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Broad Peak

Broad Peak is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang, China.

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Karakoram Pass

The Karakoram Pass is a 5,540 m or 18,176 ft mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range.

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Khunjerab Pass

Khunjerab Pass is a 4,693-meter-high mountain pass in the Karakoram Mountains, in a strategic position on the northern border of Pakistan…

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Bosten Lake

Bosten Lake is a freshwater lake on the northeastern rim of the Tarim Basin, about 20 km east of Yanqi and 57 km northeast of Korla,…

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Ulungur Lake

Ulungur Lake is located in Fuhai County, Xinjiang, China. With an area of 1,035 square kilometers, the lake is one of China's ten largest…

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Khüiten Peak

Khüiten Peak, also known in China as Friendship Peak, is a mountain peak in the Altai Range.

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Liushi Shan

Liushi Shan, also known as Kunlun Goddess, is a mountain in the Kunlun Mountain Range in China.

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Sauyr Zhotasy

Sauyr Zhotasy, also known as Muz Tau, at 3,840 m is the highest point in the Saur Range and of the entire Saur-Tarbagatai mountain system,…

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Muztagh Ata

Muztagh Ata, formerly known as Mount Tagharma and Wi-tagh, is the second highest of the mountains which form the northern edge of the…

Florian Ederer / CC BY 2.5

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Gasherbrum

Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks situated at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range.

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Barkol Lake

An endorheic salt lake situated in a high-mountain basin between the Barkol Tagh and the Main Altai ranges.

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Lake Ayakum

Ayakum Lake is a lake near the northern boundary of the Tibetan Plateau, to the southeast of the Kunlun Mountains.

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