Mountain range

Tian Shan

Tien Shan means "heavenly mountains" in Chinese. The range runs about 2,500 kilometres across Central Asia, mostly along the border between Kyrgyzstan and China.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Tian Shan label sits at 41.8° N, 77.9° E, in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• North Aral Sea — about 1,500 km north-west
• Asia — about 1,500 km north-east
• South Aral Sea — about 1,600 km west
• Ganges — about 2,000 km south-east

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