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[edit] Location
According to the Chinese version of the article, the peak is not located at the border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, sondern at the border between China and Kyrgyzstan. There is also an entry in the 《中国地名录》, as Hantengri. The coordinates given there are slightly different: 42.12°N, 80.13°O. What's the correct location? —Babelfisch 13:48, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- If you look on Google Earth, Khan Tengri peak is marked at 42° 12'43.33"N, 80° 10'25.53" E. The Kazakh/Kyrgyz border passes through the mountain. The Chinese/Kazakh/Kyrgyz borders meet a short distance to the east, at 42° 13'15" N, 80° 14'44" E. I'm not sure quite how precisely the borders are drawn and matched with the terrain; they look a bit approximate. For instance, I'd have expected the border to follow the crest of the peaks, but it seems to have "slipped" a little to the north. SiGarb | Talk 18:48, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
