Tomort, or Tomurty (simplified Chinese: 托木尔提峰; traditional Chinese: 托木爾提峰; pinyin: Tuōmù'ěrtí Fēng), is the highest peak in the Karlik Mountains, a far eastern subrange of the Tien Shan mountain range in Xinjiang, China. While not of great absolute elevation among Chinese peaks, it is well-separated from higher terrain, and hence is ranked 70th by topographic prominence.
| Tomort | |
|---|---|
  Tomort Location in China | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,886 m (16,030 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 3,243 m (10,640 ft)[1] Ranked 70th |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 43°04′24″N 94°20′48″E / 43.07333°N 94.34667°E[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Xinjiang, China |
| Parent range | Karlik Mountains, Tien Shan |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | August 15, 2005, by Hiroyuki Katsuki and Koichiro Takahashi[2] |
Tomort was reconnoitered or attempted in 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2004, by Chinese and Japanese parties. Its first, and to date only, ascent was in 2005, by a small group from the Alpine Club of the National Defense Academy of Japan, led by Isao Fukura. They described the summit as a "table-top ice-snow plateau, with glaciers several kilometers long descending on all sides," which was reached by "a crevassed glacier and a 50 degree snow/ice face."[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "China II: Sinkiang - Xinjiang". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ^ a b Isao Fukura, "Tomurty", American Alpine Journal, 2006, pp. 433-434.
External links
edit- "Tomort, China". Peakbagger.com.
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