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| name = Khüiten Peak
| other_name = Nairamdal Orgil / Tavan Bogd
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| elevation_m = 4374
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| prominence_m = 2342
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist">[http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china2.html "China II: Sinkiang - Xinjiang" Ultra-Prominence Page] Listed here as "Nayramadlin Orgil". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-02-01.</ref>
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'''Khüiten Peak''' ({{lang-mn|Хүйтэн оргил}}, ''lit.'' ''"cold peak"'') is the highest point in [[Mongolia]], on the west side of the country along the border with [[PRC|China]]. It is 4,374 m (14,350 feet, previously 4,356&nbsp;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).<ref name=krumweide2014.499>See e.g. the index in {{harvnb|Krumwiede|Kamp|Leonard|Kargel|2014}}; or see the Soviet [http://www.mountain.ru/world_mounts/altai/2006/M45-104.jpg 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 {{harvnb|Chistyakov|Ganiushkin|2015|p=209}}</ref>

Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of [[Tavan Bogd]] mountain. Another peak, which is about 2.5&nbsp;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 ({{lang-ru|Таван-Богдо-Ула}}, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; {{lang-mn|Таван  Богд  Уул}}, Tavan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun ({{zh|s=奎屯山|p=Kuítún shān}}).<ref>[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] (Agreement between the PRC and RF in regard to the western section of the China-Russia border), 1994-09-03 {{zh icon}}</ref><ref name=TripointProtocol>
[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)] (Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of Mongolia, and the Government of the People's Republic of China,  describing the western junction point of the borders of the three states. Signed in Beijing, June 24, 1996)  {{ru icon}}</ref><ref name=tripointAgreement>[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)] (The Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the People's Republic of China, and the Government of Mongolia on the determination of the points of junction of the national borders of the three states) {{ru icon}}</ref>

Some sources, however, associate the name [[Nairamdal Peak]] (Friendship Peak) with the peak at the border tripoint.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

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 ==
* [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/china2.html Peaklist.org: China II, Sinkiang - Xinjiang]
* {{cite peakbagger|pid=10690|title=Tavan Bogd Uul, Mongolia/China}}
* [http://www.peakware.com/peaks.html?pk=2936 "Mt Khuiten" on Peakware]

==Bibliography==
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|isbn=940179538X
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== References ==
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[[Category:Altai Mountains]]
[[Category:Mountains of Xinjiang]]
[[Category:Mountains of Mongolia]]
[[Category:China–Mongolia border]]
[[Category:International mountains of Asia]]
[[Category:Highest points of countries]]


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