Khüiten Peak

Khüiten Peak ( mn, Хүйтэн оргил, Hüiten orgil, ; "cold peak"), also known in China as Friendship Peak (), 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.

In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known in Mongolia as the "Friendship Peak" ( mn, link=no, Найрамдал Уул, Nairamdal Uul, ).See e.g. the index in ; or see the Sovie
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

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, ; mn, link=no, Таван Богд Уул, ), or Mount Kuitun ().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
(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) [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)

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

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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References

Altai Mountains
Mountains of Xinjiang
Mountains of Mongolia
China–Mongolia border
International mountains of Asia
Highest points of countries
Four-thousanders of the Altai

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