Kongur Tiube

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; 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
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

Footnotes

1. "Kongur Tiube Tagh, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
2. Kongur Jiubie Peak Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
3. 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.

See also

• Karakoram Highway
• Kongur Tagh

References

• Ward, Michael. (1983). "The Kongur Massif in Southern Sinkiang." The Geographical Journal, Vol. 149, No. 2 (Jul., 1983), pp. 137–152.

External links

Media related to Kongur_Tiube at Wikimedia Commons

• "Kongur Tiube Tagh, China". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 23 May 2019.