Finally in the north-east corner of Kashmír the frontier impinges on the great Central Asian axis of the Kuenlun. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
We had now arrived in the Ts'aidam, a large plain some six hundred miles from east to west lying north of the Kuenlun Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
(Siwálik) tracts to the south and east of the Indus, and north of that river the Muztagh-Karakoram range and the bleak salt plateau beyond that range reaching almost up to the Kuenlun mountains. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Tibet, crossing the Ts'aidam Desert, the Kuenlun and Dang La Mountains, we entered the Lhasa district of Inner Tibet, reaching Nagch'uk'a, a town about one hundred and fifty miles from the capital. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
The Kuenlun mountain range stretches across Tibet from west to east at about thirty-six degrees latitude, and practically forms the northern limit of the unexplored Tibetan territory lying west of ninety-three degrees longitude. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
The weather during the stay was delightful; the grassy plains stretched on all sides where were tents innumerable with flocks and herds; towards the south we could see the Nomoran and Burh'an Bota passes in the Kuenlun mountains, beyond which lay our goal. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
– Crossing the Kuenlun Mountains – "Buddha's Cauldron" –. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
Crossing the Kuenlun Mountains – "Buddha's Cauldron" – Marshes and Sand-hills – Dead Yak Strew the Trail – Ford of the Shuga Gol – Our Guides Desert Us – Snow Storm on the Koko-Shilis – We Meet. From Wordnik.com. [With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior] Reference
Yarkand, Kuenlun range, south of Sunju pass. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Kuenlun) from the north-east, meet. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
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