The Yengisogat range (), also known as the Wesm Mountains, is a Chinese subrange of the
Karakoram mountain
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range. It lies north of the
Baltoro Muztagh Baltoro may refer to:
*Baltoro Glacier, a glacier in the Karakoram mountain range northern Pakistan. ''Baltoro'' as single expression without adjunct usually refers to this glacier.
* Baltoro Muztagh, a mountain range in the Karakoram mountain rang ...
, home of the
eight-thousanders
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of the Karakoram. The highest peak is Huangguan Shan, or
Crown Peak, 7,265 m (23,835 ft) (also sometimes given as 7,295 m/23,934 ft).
References
* Jill Neate, ''High Asia'', The Mountaineers, 1989.
* Jerzy Wala, ''Orographical Sketch Map of the Karakoram'', Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research, 1990.
Mountain ranges of Xinjiang
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