HAN-T'ENG-KO-LI PEAK

Pinyin Hantengri Feng, also called Khan Tengri, peak in the Tien Shan (mountains) of Central Asia, on the boundary between Kazakstan and the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. Situated in a heavily glaciated mountain knot, the mountain rises to 22,949 feet (6,995 m). Until Soviet explorers found that nearby Pik Pobeda (Victory Peak; 24,406 feet ) was higher, Han-t'eng-ko-li was thought to be the highest elevation of the Tien Shan. The Kalagyuri Glacier (58 miles long) below and east of the peak is the largest known glacier in China.