Kongur Tiube, Xinjiang 新疆公格尔九别峰

Location: China, Xinjiang, Akto County, Kizilsu Google Maps Amap
Part of: Stamps: Chinese Mountaineering
Nearby: Kashgar 117km, Sayram Lake 830km, Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar 1019km

Kongur Tiube rises in Akto County, Xinjiang, part of the Kongur massif on the eastern edge of the Pamirs; at over 7,500 meters it is joined to the main summit, Kongur. In the early 1960s members of a Chinese women's mountaineering team reached its top, the event this stamp commemorates.

Kongur Tiube, Xinjiang