Kongur Tiube

Kongur Tiube
公格尔九别峰
Kongur Tiube (Kongur Tagh II peak)
Highest point
Elevation7,530 m (24,700 ft) Ranked 46th
Prominence810 m (2,660 ft)
Coordinates38°35′37″N 75°11′44″E / 38.59361°N 75.19556°E / 38.59361; 75.19556
Geography
Kongur Tiube
Location in Xinjiang
LocationAkto County, Xinjiang, China
Parent rangePamir Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1956
Easiest routeRock/snow/ice climb

Kongur Tagh, which means "a brown mountain" in Uyghur language, has a significant subpeak known as Kongur Tiube (公格尔九别峰 which means in the local language "the mountain with a white cap", also Kongur Tiubie / Jiubie and Kungur Tjube Tagh), 38°36′57″N 75°11′44″E / 38.61583°N 75.19556°E / 38.61583; 75.19556 (Kungur Tjube Tagh); elevation = 7,530 metres (24,700 ft).Ranked 46th It is moderately independent, with a topographic prominence of 840 m (2,760 ft). It was first climbed in 1956.

In 2015, Chinese state media reported about a huge body of the Kongur Tiube glacier collapsing causing a 20 km long and one kilometre wide ice rock avalanche.