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).<ref name=krumweide2014.499>See e.g. the index in Template:Harvnb; 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 Template:Harvnb</ref>

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).<ref>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 Template:Zh icon</ref><ref name=TripointProtocol> 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) Template:Ru icon</ref><ref name=tripointAgreement>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) Template:Ru icon</ref>

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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