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Kongur Tagh is 7,649 metres (25,095 ft) high. Some sources list the peak's elevation as 7,719 m (25,325 ft), but this is likely incorrect. The main summit is close enough in height to the 7,625 m (25,016 ft) high northeastern summit that climbers standing on the main summit
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The Kongur Tagh range in 2005. The summits visible from the viewpoint on the
Karakoram highway to the southwest are those of Kuk Sel (6,715 metres) and Kezi Sel (6,525 metres), about 5 km and 7 km south of the main summit.
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could not tell which was taller, thus it can not be 7,719 m (25,325 ft) high.
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of Kongur Tagh was made in 1981 by a
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Ward, Michael. (1983). "The Kongur Massif in
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