changtang, Tibetan Plateau 羌塘

Changtang is the name for the Tibetan high plateau located between the Transhimalaya and the Kunlun ranges. The Changtang extends 1500 km in east-west dirction and 1000 km north to south. It is not a plateau as such, but has a number of smaller mountain ranges. The altitude of the Changtang is between 4500 m and 5500 m, single peaks in the central Changtang reach up to 6640 m, in the Kunlun mountains at the northern edge of the Changtang mountains reach up to 6973 m.

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lat: 34.4884478378, long: 87.4291992188

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