Amne Machin

Amne Machin
Amne Machin (Maqen Gangri), July 2008
Highest point
Elevation	6,282 m (20,610 ft)
Listing	List of mountains in China
Coordinates	34°47′54″N 99°27′45″E / 34.79833°N 99.46250°E / 34.79833; 99.46250Coordinates: 34°47′54″N 99°27′45″E / 34.79833°N 99.46250°E / 34.79833; 99.46250
Geography
Amne Machin Location in China
Location	Qinghai, China
Parent range	Kunlun Mountains
Climbing
First ascent	Amne Machin I: May 1981, Japanese expedition Amne Machin II: 1960, Beijing Institute of Geology expedition

Amne Machin I: May 1981, Japanese expedition

Amne Machin or Anyi Machen (Chinese: 阿尼玛卿; pinyin: Āní Mǎqīng, Tibetan: ཨ་མྱེ་རྨ་ཆེན།, Wylie: a mye rma chen, "Grandfather Pomra") is the highest peak of a mountain range of the same name (Chinese: 阿尼玛卿山; pinyin: Āní Mǎqīng Shān) in the province of Qinghai in west-central China. It is revered in Tibetan Buddhism as the home of the chief indigenous deity of Amdo, Machen Pomra.

The entire Amne Machin range is an eastern extension of the Kunlun Mountains, a major mountain system of Asia. The Amne Machin range runs in the general northwest-to-southeast direction in eastern Qinghai (Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the adjacent areas of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture) and the southwestern corner of Gansu's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

The existence of the ridge results in one of the great bends of the Yellow River. The river first flows for several hundreds of kilometers toward the east and southeast, along the south-western side of the Amne Machin Range. In so doing it crosses the entire length of Golog Prefecture, and reaches the borders of Gansu and Sichuan. Then the river turns almost 180 degrees to the left, passing to the northeastern side of the Amne Machin, and flows toward the northwest for 200–300 km through several prefectures of the northeastern Qinghai.