Qilian

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The Qilian mountain range (祁连山) is located in the south of the Gansu province of northern China. The range stretches from the south of Dunhuang some 800 km to the southeast, forming the western border of the Gansu Corridor. The highest peak, Qilian Shan Mountain, is 6,203 m. (20,351 ft) high and is Gansu's highest elevation.

Formerly the mountain range was named Richthofen Range after Ferdinand von Richthofen.

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