Mount Amnye Machen

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Mount Amnye Machen is a prominent, glacier-clad peak in Qinghai, China, revered in Tibetan Buddhism as a sacred mountain and major pilgrimage site.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amnye Machen 1
Mount Amnye Machen canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
sacred mountain ⓘ
associatedDeity Amnye Machen ⓘ
linked to: Mount Amnye Machen
associatedDeityType mountain god ⓘ
belongsTo Qinghai Province ⓘ
linked to: Qinghai
climateZone alpine ⓘ
climbingStatus restricted ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalRegion Amdo ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
linked to: Ü-Tsang
earlyMisestimatedElevation over 9000 m ⓘ
elevation 20610 ft ⓘ
6282 m ⓘ
feeds headwaters of several Yellow River tributaries ⓘ
firstAscentParty Japanese expedition ⓘ
firstAscentYear 1981 ⓘ
firstRecordedByWesternExplorers early 20th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Amne Machin ⓘ
Anyê Maqên ⓘ
hasGlaciers true ⓘ
hasLandCover glaciers ⓘ
rock and scree slopes ⓘ
hasRestrictedAccessDueTo religious significance ⓘ
isImportantIn Tibetan pilgrimage traditions ⓘ
Tibetan sacred geography ⓘ
isMajorPilgrimageSite true ⓘ
isSacredTo Tibetan Buddhists ⓘ
local Tibetan communities ⓘ
isSubjectOf Tibetan myths and legends ⓘ
isVisibleFrom surrounding high plateau grasslands ⓘ
localNameLanguage Tibetan ⓘ
locatedIn Amdo region ⓘ
linked to: Ü-Tsang

Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Maqên County ⓘ
Qinghai ⓘ
eastern Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
linked to: eastern Tibet
mountainRange Kunlun Mountains ⓘ
nearbyRiver Yellow River basin ⓘ
notableFeature heavily glaciated summit massif ⓘ
steep relief above surrounding plateau ⓘ
pilgrimageCircuitLength about 120–150 km ⓘ
pilgrimageDurationOnFoot about 7–10 days ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice kora circumambulation ⓘ
prominence about 2000 m ⓘ
religion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
sacredMountainRank one of the most important sacred mountains of Amdo ⓘ
wasOnceThoughtToBeHigherThan Mount Everest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bayan Har Mountains → highestPoint → Mount Amnye Machen ⓘ
Mount Amnye Machen → associatedDeity → Amnye Machen ⓘ
linked to: Mount Amnye Machen