Tarbagatai Mountains
| Tarbagatai Mountains - Tarbagatai | ||
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| Highest peak | Tastau ( 2992 m ) | |
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East Kazakhstan ( Kazakhstan ), Xinjiang ( PR China ) |
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 8 ' N , 82 ° 32' E | |
The Tarbagatai Mountains or Tarbagatai ( Mongolian Тарбагатай ; Chinese 塔尔巴哈台山 , Pinyin Tǎ'ěrbāhātái Shān ; Kazakh Тарбағатай , Tarbaghatai ) is running in the east-west direction mountain range in Central Asia , between the lake alakol the south and the Zaysan in the north runs.
The Tarbagatai Mountains are located on the border between East Kazakhstan ( Schyghys Qasaqstan oblysy ) in Kazakhstan and Xinjiang in China . In Mongolian it means "land of the marmots". In Tacheng (former name: Tarbagatai) it is called "Northern Mountains" (Chinese: Bei Shan北山). The mountain range is approx. 300 km long and 50 km wide, its highest point is the mountain Tastau with 2992 m . The Saur Mountains form an eastern continuation of the Tarbagatai Mountains .
literature
- Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolski: Tarbagatai . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 32 a [64]: Тай – Термиты. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1901, p. 632–633 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF ).
- Tarbagatai . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 19, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 323 .
Web links
- Series of images
- Article: Ta'erbahatai Ling (Zhongguo gudai diming da cidian) In: Historisches Toponymlexikon. (Chinese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Tarbagatai Mountains in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
| Tarbagatai Mountains (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| Тарвагатай; 塔尔巴哈 台山; Tǎ'ěrbāhātái Shān; Тарбағатай; Тарбагатай; Tarbağatay (تارباعاتاي ايماعى / Тарбағатай аймағы); 塔爾巴哈 台 嶺; 塔尔巴哈 台 岭 |