Khüiten Peak

Khüiten Peak (Template:Lang-mn, lit. "cold peak") is the highest point in Mongolia, on the west side of the country along the border with China. It is 4,374 m (14,350 feet, previously 4,356 m) high and has a permanent snow cap.

In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known as the "Friendship Peak" (Nairamdal Uul (Найрамдал Уул) in Mongolian, or Youyi Feng 友谊峰 in Chinese).

Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of Tavan Bogd mountain. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of Khüiten, 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 (Template:Lang-ru, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Template:Lang-mn, Tavan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun (Template:Zh).

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

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

See also

• List of Altai mountains
• List of Ultras of Central Asia
• List of mountains in Mongolia
• List of mountains in China
• Nairamdal Peak (Friendship Peak)
• Malchin Peak

Sources

• Peaklist.org: China II, Sinkiang - Xinjiang
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• "Mt Khuiten" on Peakware

Bibliography

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References

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