Khan Tengri

Khan Tengri in 2014

Khan Tengri named after Ancient Turkic peoples Tengrism Paganism belief, Sky God Tengri, is a 7,010 metres (23,000 ft) mountain in the Tian Shan range in Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.[1][2] Khan Tengri is the highest mountain in Kazakhstan. The first people to reach the top were Mikhail Pogrebetsky and his team, in 1931.[3]

References

  1. "Khan Tengri". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. "Khan Tengri". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. Botchkov, Dimitri (2000). "Mountaineering in the Tien Shan: An Historical Survey". The Alpine Journal: 28. https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_2000_files/AJ%202000%2026-34%20Botchkov%20Tien%20Shan.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2021.