Tanggula Mountains (also called Dangla Mountains, གདང་ལ་།, officially Tanggula (Dangla) Shanmai) are a mountain range in Tibet.[1] It is located on the Tibetan Plateau with its main ridge averaging more than 5,000 m. The Yangtze River originates in this mountain range and the Geladandong (at 6,621 metres) is the tallest peak in the range.[2] A pass through these mountains, Tanggula Mountain Pass, is the highest railway in the world at 5,072 meters above sea level.[3]
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- ^ "Tanggula Mountains". Encyclopedia Britannica. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071164/Tanggula-Mountains. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ "Desperate Times at the Headwaters of the Yangtze". http://www.hkctp.com.hk/eng/magazine/281/Nature.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ "New height of world's railway born in Tibet". China View. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3397297.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
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Coordinates: 33°30′00″N 91°04′12″E / 33.5°N 91.07°E
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