Amne machin
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Amne Machin (or Anye Machin) is one of the highest peak of a mountain range named Amne Machin Shan (A'nyêmaqên Shan) and located in west-central China (province of Qinghai). Amne Machin mountains belong to the Kunlun Shan, a major mountain system in Asia. The peak elevation is estimated to 20,610 feet (6,282 meters). It is ranked # 23 among the highest mountain peaks of China.
History
Till 1949 the massif was unclimbed. The Amne Machin mountains were only overflown by a few american pilots who underestimated the elevation to 30,000 feet. A 1930 article of the National Geographic estimated the peak elevation to 28,000 feet according to the report of Joseph Rock, an american botanist and explorer. In 1949 a chinese expedition climbed the mountain but it was proved later in 1980 that this expedition didn't climb the right peak. Amne Machin peak was first climbed in 1981 by a U.S. expedition (the first foreign expedition authorized by the chinese government). Galen Rowell, Harold Knutsen and Kim Scmitz reached the summit successfully and reported its true elevation to be 20,610 feet.
External links
Old article (1948) about the Amne Machin mountains [1]
Google map satellite view of the Amne Machin mountains [2]