Khan Tengri
Khan Tengri, named after the Sky God Tengri of the Turkic peoples ancient Tengrism pagan religion, 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
- ↑ Khan Tengri. Peakware.com. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ Khan TengriSummitPost.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ↑ 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.