Khüiten Peak (Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил, romanized: Hüiten orgil, [ˈxʉe̯tʰɘ̆ŋ ˈœrɟɘɮ]; lit. "cold peak"), also known in China as Friendship Peak (Chinese: 友谊峰; pinyin: Yǒuyì Fēng), is the highest peak with 4,356 m above sea level and a permanent snow cap in the Altai Range, the international border between China and Mongolia runs across its summit point. It is also the highest point of Mongolia and Altay Prefecture in Western China.

Hüiten orgil
Hüiten Peak
Highest point
Elevation	4,356 m (14,291 ft)[1]
Prominence	2,324 m (7,625 ft)[2]
Isolation	115 km (71 mi)
Listing	Country high point Ultra
Coordinates	49°8′45″N 87°49′8″E[3]
Geography
Hüiten orgil Location of Khüiten Peak in Mongolia (on the border with China)
Location	China–Mongolia border
Parent range	Tavan Bogd Mongol-Altai Mountains

In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known in Mongolia as the "Friendship Peak" (Mongolian: Найрамдал Уул, romanized: Nairamdal Uul, [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, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Mongolian: Таван Богд Уул, Tawan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯山; pinyin: Kuítún shān).[5][6][7]

Some sources, however, associate the name Nairamdal Peak (Friendship Peak) with the peak at the border tripoint.^{[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
• "Tavan Bogd Uul, Mongolia/China". Peakbagger.com.
• "Khüiten Peak". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

Bibliography

• Chistyakov, K. V.; Ganiushkin, D. A. (2015), "Glaciation and Thermokarst Phenomena and Natural Disasters in the Mountains of North-West Inner Asia", in Culshaw, Martin; Osipov, Victor; Booth, S.J.; et al. (eds.), Environmental Security of the European Cross-Border Energy Supply Infrastructure NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, Springer, pp. 207–218, ISBN 978-9401795388
• Krumwiede, Brandon S.; Kamp, Ulrich; Leonard, Gregory J.; Kargel, Jeffrey S.; Dashtseren, Avirmed; Walther, Michael (2014), "Recent Glacier Changes in the Mongolian Altai Mountains: Case Studies from Munkh Khairkhan and Tavan Bogd", in Kargel, Jeffrey Stuart (ed.), Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, Springer-Praxis series in geophysics, Springer, pp. 481–509, ISBN 978-3540798187

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На других языках

[de] Chüiten-Gipfel

[es] Pico Juiten

[fr] Kujten Uul

[it] Picco Hùjtėn

[ru] Куйтэн-Уул