| Kongur Tagh | |
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| Kongkhoerh | |
South face of Kongur Tagh |
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| Elevation | 7,649 m (25,095 ft) Ranked 37th |
| Prominence | 3,585 m (11,762 ft) Ranked 49th |
| Listing | Ultra |
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Kongur Tagh
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| Range | Kunlun Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1981 by British team |
| Easiest route | rock/snow/ice climb |
Kongur Tagh or Kongkoerh (Uyghur: قوڭۇر تاغ Mongolian: Хонгор Таг; Chinese: 公格尔峰; pinyin: Gōnggé'ěr Fēng) (also referred to as Kongur) is at 7,649 m the highest mountain wholly within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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Kongur Tagh is within a range called the Kongur Shan (Chinese: 公格尔山; pinyin: Gōnggé'ěr Shān), located just north of Muztagh Ata and visible from Karakul Lake. Some sources use "Kongur Shan" mistakenly to refer to the peak itself. The Kongur and Muztagh Ata ranges are sometimes considered a subrange of either the Kunlun Mountains or the Pamir Mountains. In either case Kongur Tagh would be the highest summit of those ranges.
Due to its remoteness and being hidden by nearby peaks, Kongur was not discovered by Europeans until 1900. However, the building of the Karakorum Highway from Pakistan to China, which runs past nearby Tashkurgan and Karakul Lake, has now made it more accessible.
Administratively, the Kongur Range is within Akto County.
The first attempt to climb Kongur Tagh was made in 1956 but the party aborted the attempt when it realized it was beyond their abilities.
The first ascent of Kongur Tagh was completed in 1981 by a British expedition consisting of Chris Bonington, Al Rouse, Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker.[1]
This is taken from the Guide to Mountaineering in China. Some Chinese authorities give it 7,719 m, but evidence against this higher elevation is given here.
Kongur Tagh has a significant subpeak known as Kongur Tiube (also Kongur Tiubie / Jiubie and Kungur Tjube Tagh), ; elevation = 7,530 m (24,705 ft).Ranked 47th[2] It is moderately independent, with a topographic prominence of 840 m (2,756 ft). It was first climbed in 1956.