Khan Tengri

Khan Tengri (Uighur, translated as «Lord of the spirits», or «Lord of the sky»; or Turkic translated as «Ruler of Skies», «Ruler Tengri») is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is located on the Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan border, east of

Khan Tengri is the second-highest mountain in the, surpassed only by Jengish Chokusu or Pik Pobedy () a few miles to the south. Khan Tengri is the highest point in Kazakhstan and the third-highest peak in, after Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m) and Pik Lenina (7,134 m).

Khan Tengri is a massive marble pyramid, covered in snow and ice. At sunset the marble glows red, giving it the Kazakh name «Kan Tau» (blood mountain). Located just across the South Ingelchek (or Inylchek) glacier, north of Jengish Chokusu, Khan Tengri was originally thought to be the highest peak in the because of its dramatic shape, compared to the massive bulk of Jengish Chokusu. Khan Tengri is the highest peak in the extreme Tengri Tag subrange, also known as the Mustag, that also contains peaks Chapaeva and Gorkova. Anatoli Boukreev considered Khan Tengri perhaps the world’s most beautiful peak because of its geometric ridges and its symmetry.

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