Isolation 115 kilometres (71 mi) Elevation 4,374 m Mountain range Altai Mountains | Location China–Mongolia border Prominence 2,342 m | |
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Listing Country high point
Ultra Parent range Tavan Bogd
Mongol-Altai Mountains Similar Tavan Bogd, Nairamdal Peak, Belukha Mountain, Tsambagarav, Jengish Chokusu | ||
Khüiten Peak (Mongolian: Хүйтэн оргил, lit. "cold peak") is the highest point in Mongolia, on the west side of the country along the border with China. It is 4,374 m (14,350 feet, previously 4,356 m) high and has a permanent snow cap.
Map of Tavan Bogd
In the past, Khüiten Peak was officially known as the "Friendship Peak" (Nairamdal Uul (Найрамдал Уул) in Mongolian, or Youyi Feng 友谊峰 in Chinese).
Khüiten Peak is one of five peaks of Tavan Bogd mountain. Another peak, which is about 2.5 km north of Khüiten, marks the border tripoint between Russia, Mongolia, and China; the name of that peak is given in international agreements and on maps as Tavan Bogd Peak (Russian: Таван-Богдо-Ула, Tavan-Bogdo-Ula; Mongolian: Таван Богд Уул, Tavan Bogd Uul), or Mount Kuitun (Chinese: 奎屯山; pinyin: Kuítún shān).
Some sources, however, associate the name Nairamdal Peak (Friendship Peak) with the peak at the border tripoint.
The first known ascent of Khüiten Peak was in 1963 by Mongolian mountaineers sponsored by the government.