Khan Tengri

Khan Tengri
Hantengri Peak
Khan Tengri above North Engilchek Glacier
Highest point
Elevation	7,010 m (23,000 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,685 m (5,528 ft)[2]
Isolation	19.46 km (12.09 mi)
Listing	Country high point Ultra
Coordinates	42°12′39″N 80°10′30″E / 42.21083°N 80.17500°E / 42.21083; 80.17500
Geography
Khan Tengri Location in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang respectively Show map of Kyrgyzstan Khan Tengri Khan Tengri (Kazakhstan) Show map of Kazakhstan Khan Tengri Khan Tengri (China) Show map of China Khan Tengri Khan Tengri (Xinjiang) Show map of Xinjiang
Location	Ak-Suu District, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan Raiymbek District, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan Wensu County, Xinjiang, China
Parent range	Tian Shan
Climbing
First ascent	1931 Mikhail Pogrebetsky
Easiest route	glacier/snow/ice/rock climb

Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul. Its geologic elevation is 6,995 m (22,949 ft), but its glacial icecap rises to 7,010 m (22,999 ft). For this reason, in mountaineering circles, including for the Soviet Snow Leopard award criteria, it is considered a 7,000-metre peak.

Khan Tengri is the second-highest mountain in the Tian Shan, surpassed only by Jengish Chokusu (means "Victory peak", formerly known as Peak Pobeda) (7,439 m). Khan Tengri is the highest point in Kazakhstan and third-highest peak in Kyrgyzstan, after Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m) and Avicenna Peak (7,134 m). It is also the world's most northern 7,000-metre peak, notable because peaks of high latitude have a shorter climbing season, generally more severe weather and thinner air.