Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
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The Nyainqêntanglha Mountains viewed from the Qinghai–Tibet Railway | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Nyenchen Tanglha, Damxung County, Lhasa |
| Elevation | 7,162 m (23,497 ft) |
| Coordinates | 30°22′15″N 90°35′4″E / 30.37083°N 90.58444°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 700 km (430 mi) |
| Geography | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet Autonomous Region |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 念青唐古拉山 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | གཉན་ཆེན་ཐང་ལྷ | ||||||||
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The Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains (officially spelt Nyainqêntanglha Mountains in Chinese) are a 700-kilometre (430 mi) long mountain range, and subrange of the Transhimalaya System, located in Tibet and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.