Khüiten Peak Explained

Mongolian: italic=no|Hüiten orgil
Elevation M:4356
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:2324
Prominence Ref:[2]
Map:Mongolia
Listing:Country high point
Ultra
Location:China–Mongolia border
Coordinates:49.1458°N 87.8189°W
Coordinates Ref:[3]

Khüiten Peak (Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил|Hüiten orgil, in Mongolian pronounced as /ˈxʉe̯tʰɘ̆ŋ ˈœrɟɘɮ/; "cold peak"), also known in China as Friendship Peak, is a mountain peak in the Altai Range. The international border between China and Mongolia runs across its summit point, which, at, is the highest point in the Altais and the highest in both Mongolia and Altay Prefecture in Western China. The peak is covered in snow year-round.

In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known in Mongolia as the "Friendship Peak" (Mongolian: link=no|Найрамдал Уул|Nairamdal Uul, in Mongolian pronounced as /ˈnæe̯ɾəmd̥əɮ ˈʊːɮ/).[4]

Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of Tavan Bogd. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of it, marks the border tripoint between Russia, Mongolia, and China; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak (Russian: Таван-Богдо-Ула, Russian: Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Mongolian: link=no|Таван Богд Уул, Mongolian: Tawan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun .[5] [6] [7]

Some sources, however, associate the name Nairamdal Peak (Friendship Peak) with the peak at the border tripoint.

The first known ascent of Khüiten Peak was in 1963 by Mongolian mountaineers sponsored by the government.

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Notes and References

  1. 10690. Tavan Bogd Uul, Mongolia/China.
  2. http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china2.html "China II: Sinkiang - Xinjiang" Ultra-Prominence Page
  3. https://maps.google.com/ Google Maps
  4. See e.g. the index in ; or see the Soviet Topo map M45-104, scale 1:100,000, where the name Mt. Nairamdal (г. Найрамдал) is associated with the peak whose elevation is 4374.0 m. The highest peak is also referred to as Nairamdal in
  5. http://www.npc.gov.cn/wxzl/wxzl/2001-01/02/content_3265.htm 中华人民共和国和俄罗斯联邦关于中俄国界西段的协定
  6. http://old.lawru.info/base32/part9/d32ru9848.htm ПРОТОКОЛ-ОПИСАНИЕ ТОЧКИ ЗАПАДНОГО СТЫКА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ГРАНИЦ ТРЕХ ГОСУДАРСТВ МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ Российской Федерации, ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ МОНГОЛИИ и ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ КИТАЙСКОЙ НАРОДНОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ (ПОДПИСАН в г. ПЕКИНЕ 24.06.1996)
  7. http://old.lawru.info/base33/part6/d33ru6020.htm Соглашение между Правительством Российской Федерации, Правительством Китайской Народной Республики и Правительством Монголии об определении точек стыков государственных границ трех государств (Заключено в г. Улан-Баторе 27 января 1994 года)