Qilian Mountains

39°12′N 98°32′E / 39.200°N 98.533°E / 39.200; 98.533

Qilian Mountains
祁連山
Qilian Mountains in Qilian County, Qinghai
Highest point
Peak	Kangze'gyai
Elevation	5,808 m (19,055 ft)
Geography
Location	Gansu and Qinghai provinces, China

The Qilian Mountains (simplified Chinese: 祁连山; traditional Chinese: 祁連山; pinyin: Qílián Shān; Wade–Giles: Ch'i²-lien² Shan¹, also romanized as Tsilien; Mongghul: Chileb), together with the Altyn-Tagh (Altun Shan) also known as Nan Shan (Chinese: 南山, literally "Southern Mountains"), as it is to the south of Hexi Corridor, is a northern outlier of the Kunlun Mountains, forming the border between Qinghai and the Gansu provinces of northern China.^[1]