Khüiten Peak ( ; ), also known in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

as Friendship Peak (), is a mountain peak in the Altai Range. The international border between

and

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runs across its summit point, which, at , is the highest point in the Altais and the highest in both Mongolia and Altay Prefecture in

Western China Western China ( zh, s=中国西部, l=, labels=no or zh, s=华西, l=, labels=no) is the west of China. It consists of Southwestern China and Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces ...

. The peak is covered in snow year-round. In the past, Khüiten Peak was also officially known in

as the "Friendship Peak" (, ).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 the Tavan Bogd maasif. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of it, marks the border

tripoint A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geography, geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or Administrative division, subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints ...

between

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, and

; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak (, ; , ), 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.

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Peaklist.org: China II, Sinkiang - Xinjiang
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