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0763 Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2
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[Photo] XIII. PANORAMIC VIEW TAKEN FROM SNOWY COL ON WATERSHED OF MAIN KUN-LUN RANGE, NORTH OF HAJI LANGER, AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 20,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. The panorama (see ii. pp. 478 sqq. ) comprises over three-quarters of the horizon, extending from east (left) to north (right). The approximate positions of the cardinal points are indicated above the panorama. On the extreme left are seen the snow slopes and the crest (A) of a high massif, probably culminating in the triangulated peak of 23,071 feet. The highest point of the crest visible from the col does not fall within the potion of the panorama reprodeced. To the south-east, just by the slope of the great ridge, appears the triangulated peak K., 21,750 feet (B), and below it the valley which probably gives access to the 'Yangi Dawan.' Beyond the valleys farther south (C) the view extended to high plateaus with dry salt lake-beds, on Johnson's route from Ladak. Above the valley marking the position of Haji Langer (D) appears the range flanking the uppermost Kara-kash River from the south. The snowy dome to the south-west (E) rises to over 21,000 feet and forms part of the crest line of the Kun-lun. Farther on this makes a sharp bend to the north and is visible as far as the snowy pyramid (F). Below, in the foreground, is the snowy col of the watershed, overlooking névé beds north-westward (G), which feed the glacier (H) of an unexplored valley trending to the north and probably draining into the Panaz Darya (ii. p. 480). Due north, and behind the snowy spur flanking this valley on the right, there shows a serrated massif, without snow, probably part of the Panaz-Nissa watershed. On the right the panorama terminates on the north slope (I) of the western shoulder of the triangulated peak of 23,071 feet.

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