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Jengish Chokusu

Structural and Tectonic Formations

Jengish Chokusu, also known as Pobeda Peak, stands on the border between Ak-Suu District in Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Region and Wensu County in China's Xinjiang region, southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, reaching an elevation of about 7,439 meters. It is the highest summit of the Tian Shan mountain system, part of the Kakshaal Too subrange, the highest section of the Tian Shan, and the world's sixteenth-most topographically prominent peak, a non-volcanic massif raised by the same tectonic forces building the wider Tian Shan. This entity documents Jengish Chokusu specifically as a geological formation, the highest summit of the Tian Shan mountain system.

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Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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Orogeny, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Orogeny via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Jengish Chokusu

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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Jengish Chokusu
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Source Wikidata: Jengish Chokusu

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Jengish Chokusu
Sources
1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected Areas: WDPA protected areas at the location of Jengish Chokusu
UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, World Database on Protected AreasWDPA feature: Xinjiang Tianshan
Quote, WDPA feature: Xinjiang Tianshan
"desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
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Wikidata: Jengish Chokusu
Wikidata Q332762, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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