Tian Shan
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The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, is a large system of mountain ranges in Central Asia. The highest peak is Jengish Chokusu at 7,439 metres high and located in Kyrgyzstan. It
Snow-covered peaks of central Tian Shan behind alpine meadows, with Nansen Peak (c. 5,697 m (18,691 ft)) in the middle
Tian Shan with the ancient Silk Road
Tian Shan as viewed from the Karakol valley (Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan)
Snow-capped peaks of the Tian Shan seen from an Issyk Kul Lake beach
Khan Tengri
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Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Its geologic elevation is 6,995 m, b
Tian Shan
…point is at the Turpan Depression, which is 154 m (505 ft) below sea level. The Tian Shan is sacred in Tengrism. Its second-highest peak is known as Khan Tengri, which can be translated as "Lord of the Spirits". At the 2013 Conference on World Heritage, the eastern portion of Tian Shan in western China's Xinjiang…
Khan Tengri above North Engilchek Glacier
South Inylchek Base Camp, at 4,000 m on the glacier's southern moraine, looking northwest to Chapaev Peak and Khan Tengri in the distance
The peak appears on the 100 Kyrgyz som note
Khan Tengri and Jengish Chokusu as seen from Chinese Provincial Road S313