Bolor-Tagh

The range of Bolor-Tagh with Karakul Lake in the foreground.

Bolor-Tagh is an old name for the longitudinal range in eastern Pamir Mountains (ancient Mount Imeon) extending from Kunlun Mountains in the south to the east extremity of the Trans-Alay Range in the north. Highest peaks Kongur Tagh (7649 m) and Muztagh Ata. Bolor-Tagh lies entirely in the Xinjiang province of western China.^{[citation needed]}^{[inconsistent]} Marco Polo visited the area in 1272 or 1273 during his travel to China, describing it under the name of ‘Belor’.^[1]

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